The suspect is facing federal charges with the death penalty as a possible sentence.
Key Facts
Calling the suspect an “ANIMAL,” Trump said he should be given a “Quick” trial and “only awarded THE DEATH PENALTY” in a post on Truth Social.
The attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., is accused of stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train on Aug. 22 in an unprovoked attack that has become heavily politicized on the right.
