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Nov 19, 2025 12 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING: Lawrence Reed, 50, is charged with terrorist attack against a mass transportation system. He’s the suspect accused of dousing a 26-year-old woman with a suspected ignitable liquid and lighting her on fire as she tried to get away on a CTA Blue Line train. @WGNNews Image According to police sources, Reed has been arrested 71 times in Cook County and convicted in 13 of those cases. He was on pretrial release in a case where he’s accused of aggravated battery on an employee at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn. His arrests date back to the mid-90s.
Oct 5, 2025 18 tweets 6 min read
THREAD: Protesters shouted at federal agents near 35th/California in the Brighton Park neighborhood. An armed U.S. citizen, and licensed CCL holder according to LE sources, was shot after DHS says she tried to run over Border Patrol agents. She ended up here after driving away.
At the truck repair shop, workers said the woman parked in their lot & came inside, bleeding profusely w/ multiple gunshot wounds. Staff & a customer tried to stop the bleeding & called for help. They weren’t aware of what happened until federal agents arrived, they said. Image
Jan 29, 2025 24 tweets 7 min read
WATCH: Fists went flying to end the Thornton Township board meeting after a speaker during public comment insulted Henyard, prompting allies of hers to rush over. @WGNNews It was hard to tell from my angle, but Henyard ended up in the middle of this.

Just minutes prior, the board voted to put two Henyard allies that work for the township on paid administrative leave, including her boyfriend Kamal Woods, and confidante William Moore
Jul 19, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
#BREAKING: Authorities have issued a correction to the #GreenwoodParkMall shooting timeline. Police say the moment the suspect exited the restroom/began shooting, until he was shot by a 22YO man, was 15 seconds, not 2 minutes. #Update "The surveillance video shows Sapirman exit the restroom at 5:56:48pm. He was neutralized by Dicken at 5:57:03pm. This error was simply a result of misreading notes during the conference. I feel the need to correct this immediately," said GPD Chief James Ison.
Jul 18, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
#NOW: Press conference into the Greenwood Park Mall mass shooting beginning. @FOX59 @CBS4Indy Image Officials with Greenwood Police, IMPD, ISP, Greenwood Fire, Johnson Co. Coroner’s Office, FBI, ATF here to discuss investigation and the victims killed last night.
Sep 10, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
Today marks two months since 10-year-old #BreasiaTerrell #disappeared from Davenport, #Iowa. Investigators continue to pursue her case, but still need the public’s assistance. Please #share if you know anything. #Missing #MissingChild @DavenportPolice @FBI @MissingKids I spoke with Breasia’s mom today. She shared a statement. In part Aishia wrote, “60 days. I go to bed worried and wake up so much more angrier than the last day like words could never tell someone what I’m going through it’s so bad.” You can read more here:kwqc.com/2020/09/10/sea…