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- Case on record
- 1
- Ended in a killing
- 0
- Prior arrests across these defendants
- 72
Background
Lawrence Reed accumulated 72 arrests over 32 years and 15 criminal convictions (including 8 felonies). At the time of the November 2025 attack on Bethany MaGee, he was on electronic monitoring for a separate crime. Court documents show he had violated his curfew multiple times in the days leading up to the attack — including on the day itself, when an EM alert went out just after noon and Reed allegedly set MaGee on fire hours later.
Cases on record
Bethany MaGee, 26
On November 17 2025, Reed allegedly set Bethany MaGee on fire while she rode a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop. She survived with severe burns to more than half her body. Reed was on electronic monitoring for a separate offense at the time; an EM curfew-violation alert went out just after noon that day, hours before the attack. He was charged with federal terrorism in addition to state charges. MaGee was discharged from the burn ward in February 2026.