India, Sept. 10 -- Decarlos Brown Jr., the career criminal accused of stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail, is now also facing a federal charge. The 34-year-old career criminal ambushed Zarutska on the Lynx Blue Line just before 10 pm on August 22, as seen in surveillance footage.

Brown was initially charged with first-degree murder. He is now also facing a federal charge in connection to the murder. On Tuesday, September 9, US Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that federal prosecutors officially charged Brown with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.

FBI Director Kash Patel released a statement after Brown was federally charged. "The brutal attack on Iryna Zaruts...