A North Carolina man with a lengthy criminal history was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train, on a charge that carries the possibility of the death penalty.

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death.

The grand jury found that Brown “intentionally killed” Iryna Zarutska in the Aug. 22 attack on a Charlotte Area Transit System train, the federal indictment states. The charge makes him eligible for the death penalty.

Lauren O. Newton, an attorney representing the victim’s family, said in a statement Thursday that they are “pleased with the indictment and we

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