Crime | Lawrence Reed Man Charged in Death of Gay Mayoral Candidate Politics likely not a factor in Marco McMillian's death, coroner says By Kevin Spak Posted Mar 1, 2013 8:34 AM CST Copied In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by the Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office, Lawrence Reed, 22, poses or a portrait. (Miss.) Sheriff's Office) Mississippi police have charged a 22-year-old man with killing openly gay Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, whose body was found by the Mississippi River on Wednesday. Police revealed that the suspect, Lawrence Reed, had been driving McMillian's SUV when it collided head-on with another car Tuesday morning. Reed and the driver of the other car were taken to different hospitals, with Reed requiring an airlift to a Memphis hospital, the Clarion-Ledger reports. McMillian wasn't in either vehicle; police believe Reed killed him late Monday night or early Tuesday. So far, police haven't said what Reed's motive might have been, but the coroner tells USA Today that politics was likely not a factor. The coroner's office has said nothing so far on McMillian's cause of death—the autopsy has been conducted, but the office is waiting for the toxicology report to be completed, the AP reports. Reed, meanwhile, is in good condition in a Memphis hospital. He's been charged with murder, and the next step will likely be to have him extradited from Tennessee, NBC News reports. Read These Next Rubio says the fate of Iran's conversion facility is what matters. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. NJ lifeguard survives after being impaled by an umbrella. Sprinter suffers wardrobe malfunction, still manages to win. Report an error