RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it was filing a federal criminal complaint stemming from the shocking attack on a Charlotte light rail last month.

Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, has been charged with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system . He's separately facing a state charge of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.

"It's absolutely jarring," said former U.S. Attorney Michael Easley, Jr..

The surveillance video of the attack has sparked widespread outrage and questions about the state's criminal justice system. Brown, who is homeless, has an extensive criminal history, which includes spending five years in prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon.

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