ATLANTA - A man accused of shooting two passengers aboard a MARTA train in May has been arrested following a joint operation between transit police and federal agents.

What we know:

Rico Williams was taken into custody early Friday morning in southwest Atlanta by officers with the MARTA Police Department and the FBI Atlanta Metro Major Offender Task Force, officials said. Investigators also recovered firearms and narcotics during the arrest.

The charges stem from a May 18 shooting at the East Point MARTA Station. Officers responded to reports of gunfire aboard a train just before 4 p.m. that day and found two men injured — one with a gunshot wound to the chest and another grazed in the neck. The shooter fled before police arrived.

After months of investigation, MARTA police and the

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