Overview
- CMPD charged 33-year-old Oscar Solarzano with five counts, including attempted first-degree murder, after a Friday attack on the Lynx Blue Line near North Brevard Street and East 22nd Street.
- The victim, identified in court records as 24-year-old Kenyon Kareem-Shemar Dobie, was transported to a hospital and remains in critical but stable condition.
- Arrest warrants allege Solarzano forced his way into a rail car carrying a large fixed-blade knife, appeared intoxicated, shouted unintelligibly, and challenged Dobie before stabbing him.
- He was booked into the Mecklenburg County jail with no bond; ICE says he was removed in 2018 and again after a 2021 apprehension and has lodged a detainer to take custody.
- The incident drew swift national reaction, including a post by President Trump, and comes less than four months after Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on the same line; Solarzano’s first court appearance is scheduled for Monday.