Overview
- The 26-year-old victim remains in critical condition at Stroger Hospital after two bystanders extinguished the flames on the platform as other riders did not intervene, according to prosecutors.
- Charging documents say Reed used gasoline, with video showing him filling a bottle near the 3300 block of West Harrison and boarding at Kedzie and Congress before approaching the woman unprovoked.
- ATF agents took Reed, 50, into federal custody; he appeared in court Wednesday, with a detention hearing set for Friday and a court-ordered mental health evaluation after outbursts.
- The federal count for a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system carries a potential life sentence if he is convicted.
- Detectives are reviewing surveillance for a possible connection between the train attack and a recent suspicious fire at City Hall, with the investigation ongoing.