A suspect who allegedly poured a flammable liquid on a 26-year-old woman and set her on fire onboard a CTA train this week is now facing federal terrorism charges.
According to charging documents filed in the U.S. District Court’s Northern District of Illinois, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed is being charged with a federal count of committing a terrorist attack on a mass transit system.
He is accused of setting a 26-year-old woman on fire as she rode on a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop on Monday night, with the woman hospitalized in critical condition due to the severe injuries she suffered.
According to the charging document, Chicago police were called to the Clark/Lake train stop just before 9:30 p.m. Monday for reports of a woman who had been on fire at the location. When they arrived, they found that victim, who had suffered severe burns to her face and body.
When police got onboard a Blue Line train at the station, they found a partially melted bottle, a lighter, flammable liquid and other evidence on a seat where the woman had been positioned onboard the train, according to the charging documents.
Surveillance footage from the train showed the woman sitting inside a car, and Reed seated on the opposite side of the train.
At some point he allegedly got up and approached her. He then poured the liquid on her and attempted to ignite the liquid. She fought him off and ran to the front of the train. He then ignited the bottle and dropped it on the floor.
Reed picked up the bottle, approached her and lit her on fire.
The woman got off the train at Clark and Lake. Reed exited the train car and walked away. Bystanders were able to help put the fire out, and paramedics rushed her to a nearby hospital.
According to surveillance footage obtained during the investigation, Chicago police believe Reed filled the bottle with gasoline at a gas station in the 3300 block of West Harrison, approximately 20 minutes before the attack. He was seen boarding the train at Kedzie and Congress shortly thereafter, police said.
When Reed was taken into custody on Tuesday morning, police allege he was wearing the same clothing he had been shown wearing on the surveillance footage. He also had a burn wound on his right hand, and had in his possession a CTA card that had allowed him access to the Blue Line train at Kedzie and Congress on Monday night, the charging document said.
There was no immediate word when the suspect in the case would face his next court hearing.
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