Domestic terrorism: Repeat offender accused of setting woman on fire aboard train | 19 Nov 2025 | A man accused of setting a 26-year-old woman on fire aboard a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train was charged with domestic terrorism, according to officials. The man was identified as Lawrence Reed, 50, of Chicago, who authorities said has a “very long and extensive criminal history.” Andrew Boutros, who is the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, described it as a “brutal and vicious attack.” “The victim was riding northbound approaching the Clark and Lake subway stop in the Loop, minding her own business and reading her phone when the defendant doused her with gasoline and lit her on fire,” Boutros said on Wednesday during a news conference streamed by WBBM. Boutros said Reed was charged with a federal count of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system.