Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

A convicted felon accused of shooting a 17-year-old boy aboard a MARTA train at Midtown station now faces federal charges, prosecutors said.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting at MARTA’s Midtown station was arrested Sunday after a multi-agency search in Douglasville, MARTA police said.

Federal authorities have charged a 25-year-old Decatur, Georgia, man with committing an act of violence causing death on a mass transportation system, after he allegedly murdered a 66-year-old woman aboard a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority train last weekend.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is calling for an increased police presence on MARTA after a woman was fatally stabbed on a train over the weekend, turning the latest transit killing into a public safety issue in the governor’s race.

Police have charged a 25-year-old man with the stabbing death of a 66-year-old woman on a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority train this weekend.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will fully activate new fare gates, and fares will be required to ride the system beginning Saturday, May 30.