# A Labor Day shove on the Red Line, and a murder charge

> A 29-year-old was pushed from a moving CTA train on Labor Day. A week later, a 15-year-old girl is charged with his murder.
- Title: A Labor Day shove on the Red Line, and a murder charge
- Summary: A 29-year-old was pushed from a moving CTA train on Labor Day. A week later, a 15-year-old girl is charged with his murder. Kyle Bickham, 29, died after…
- Keywords: chicago, cta, red line, homicide, public safety, news, local, Labor, Day, shove, Red, Line
- Source: Chicago Sun-Times — https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/09/13/15-year-old-girl-charged-murder-man-shoved-cta-red-line-train
- Published: 2026-09-13T18:39:37.184+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: chicago, cta, red line, homicide, public safety, news, local
## A teenager charged with murder
Chicago police charged a 15-year-old girl with murder in the death of a passenger shoved off a moving CTA train on Labor Day. She is not named because of her age.
## Arrested in Greater Grand Crossing
Officers took her into custody on Friday in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, nearly a week after the killing.
## Three charges, not one
Beyond murder, she faces counts of mob action and felony assault of a transit employee, according to a police statement.

> charged with murder, mob action and felony assault of a transit employee
## Held until trial
At her first court appearance on Saturday, a judge ordered her detained until trial, the Cook County state's attorney office said.
## A fight on a moving train
Last Monday afternoon, a fight broke out on a Red Line train. Police say three attackers pushed 29-year-old Kyle T. Bickham off the moving car in the first block of West 69th Street.
## Struck by another train
Bickham landed on the tracks and was hit by a second train. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

> pronounced dead at the scene
## Ruled a homicide
An autopsy found he died of multiple injuries. The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide.
## Ninth of the weekend
His killing was the ninth homicide across Chicago's long Labor Day weekend.
## The first account was wrong
Police initially said a person had jumped from the train. That version was later replaced by the account of an attack.

> Police originally reported a person had jumped from the train.
## His family wants more security
Bickham's relatives are pressing the CTA for stronger security on trains so riders are not left alone with a crowd that turns violent.
## Key takeaway

Kyle Bickham, 29, died after three people shoved him from a moving Red Line train on Labor Day, and the first arrest is a 15-year-old girl now held until trial.