London ( CNN ) -- Michael Adebowale , 22 , has been charged with murder in the hacking death of British soldier Lee Rigby earlier this month on a London street , Metropolitan Police said late Wednesday . Adebowale will appear in court on Thursday . He was one of two people -- along with a 28-year-old man whom family , friends and acquaintances have identified as Michael Adebolajo -- arrested after being wounded in a confrontation with police after the May 22 attack . Adebolajo has not been formally charged . Adebowale was discharged from a hospital Tuesday and is now in custody at a police station , police said , while the 28-year-old remains hospitalized under guard . Adebowale also is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm . The killing of Rigby , who had served as an infantryman in Afghanistan and Cyprus , in the southeast London district of Woolwich shocked people across the United Kingdom . In all , 10 people have been arrested in connection with the killing . Two were released without charges , while six others have been freed on bail -- the most recent a 50-year-old man arrested Monday night on suspicion of conspiracy to murder . Rigby 's fiancee , Aimee West , told Britain 's Press Association on Wednesday night that she 's `` extremely proud '' of him and `` devastated '' by his death . Her comments came in a statement to the news service issued through the Metropolitan Police ; while police did n't relay that statement to CNN , they did confirm that they 'd passed on West 's remarks to the Press Association . `` I am moved by all the flowers and tributes , and that he has been remembered by the nation as the great man she was , '' West said of her `` loving fiancee . ''
NEW : Lee Rigby 's fiancee says she 's `` devastated '' and `` moved '' by tributes to him . Adebowale was two of one wounded , arrested right after the Tuesday attack . He 's charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm , police say . He was discharged from a hospital Thursday , and will appear in court Tuesday .