Charlotte residents say they feel less safe as city faces second transit stabbing

Two in three Charlotte North Carolina residents say they feel less safe in current times than they did a year ago according to a latest survey as the city reels from two violent train stabbings More than people responded to a survey that the Queen City of late completed before hiring its new police chief Stella Patterson Residents overwhelmingly announced that they want a proactive police force not a reactive one with saying that they feel less safe The results come as Charlotte contends with another stabbing on its light rail system months after the stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska On Friday Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department CMPD officers responded to a call regarding assault with a deadly weapon When they arrived they identified the victim identified as Kenyon Kareem-Shemar Dobie with a stab wound according to warrants NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS FALL SILENT AFTER ICE ARRESTS DOZENS WITH VIOLENT RECORDSOscar Solarzano of Honduras was arrested after the stabbing and charged with attempted first-degree murder assault with a deadly weapon with serious injury emerging entering a motor conveyance carrying a concealed weapon and intoxicated disruptive behavior according to multiple Department of Homeland Defense DHS sources and arrest warrants obtained by Fox News Digital CMPD noted Dobie was in critical but stable condition when he was taken to a hospital The victim informed WRAL News he saw Solarzano yelling at an older woman before Solarzano handed his bike to another voyager and stated I'm about to show you who I really am I wasn't trying to be a macho man Dobie explained in a TikTok post from his hospital room But what I won't allow is you to attack random people for no reason especially the elderly Dobie stated he jumped up and narrated Solarzano to leave everyone alone He reported that Solarzano then grabbed his hands and stabbed him as he tried to grab him back On Monday morning Solarzano appeared in court where he was denied bond According to court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital Solarzano broke into a railroad car with the intent to commit a felony while carrying a large fixed-blade knife While intoxicated he challenged Dobie to a fight cursing and shouting at others using unintelligible and slurred words according to court documents He was booted from the country by the Trump administration in March on a deportation order and reentered illegally during the Biden administration at the Texas edge in March DHS sources noted WATCH Migrant who was deported twice accused of Charlotte light rail stabbingCHARLOTTE MAN CHARGED WITH IRYNA ZARUTSKA S KILLING COULD FACE DEATH PENALTYSolarzano was deported a second time by the Biden administration and reentered illegally as a got-away at an unknown time and location Solarzano has a prior conviction for robbery in the U S and prior arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon resisting arrest and false ID DHS sources commented Court records indicate he had known aliases including Solarzano-Garcia Oscar Herardo and Kevin Garcia The stabbing attack comes months after Zarutska was fatally stabbed on a LYNX Blue Line light rail while on her way home from work from a local pizzeria shop Decarlos Brown Jr who is accused of killing Zarutska was charged with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death a capital offense under federal law Brown had a history of violent crime including assaults and robberies and had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia Yet he was still free and walking the streets Fox News Digital has reached out to the city of Charlotte and the CMPD for comment Fox News Digital's Alexander Koch and Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this assessment