Women Risk Their Lives on Public Transit in Blue Cities
Another habitual felon has targeted a woman alone on a commuter train. This time it was last Monday in Chicago at 9:30 p.m. when Lawrence Reed, who has at least 13 priors, poured gasoline on a young woman riding alone on a CTA Blue Line train and set her on fire. Alexandra Koch of Fox News reports that Reed had recently been released from jail after being charged with aggravated battery for attacking a woman at a psychiatric hospital last August. Reed apparently selected the young woman at random while she was sitting on the train looking at her phone. Totally unprovoked he came up from behind and doused her with the gas. Before he could light the gas, the woman ran to the back of the train with Reed following. He then lit her on fire and as she rolled on the floor while he watched. When the train stopped, the woman, who was still on fire, managed to exit before collapsing on the platform.
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