(11 Dec 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK FRAMES++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Charlotte, North Carolina - 11 December 2025 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney, Western District of North Carolina: "And we're here to announce two things today Uh, the first is that DeCarlos Brown Jr., who we charged with the brutal and random stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte's light rail system, made his first appearance for his initial appearance in federal court today." ++