Man pushed from moving Chicago train, 15-year-old girl charged in killing

A teenage girl has been arrested on charges including murder after Chicago police said she and several other people pushed a man off a moving transit train.

According to the Chicago Police Department, officers arrested a 15-year-old girl in connection to the Sept. 7 killing and confirmed that as of Sept. 14, two other suspects remained at large.

In a statement to USA TODAY, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Kyle T. Bickham.

Bickham, 29, died from multiple injuries due to a train striking a person, Meaghan Johnson, a spokesperson for the office, said. The medical examiner ruled Bickham's death a homicide.

Police said detectives arrested the 15-year-old girl on Sept. 11 after, according to a news release, she was identified as one of the suspects who allegedly "used force" to push Bickham from a moving CTA train.

The girl was charged with first-degree murder, mob action, murder by other forcible felony and aggravated battery to a transit employee, all felonies. It was not immediately known whether the teen will be tried as an adult.

She is due in juvenile court Sept. 14, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office told USA TODAY in an email.

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