GREATER GRAND CROSSING — The family of Kyle Bickham is asking more eyewitnesses to come forward after the 29-year-old was fatally pushed off of a moving Red Line train last week.

Kyle Bickham’s family gathered near the 69th Street Red Line station Sunday to pray for their relative who’d passed away on those same train tracks only six days prior.

“God gave me a gift,” Christopher Bickham Sr. said of his son. “He was great as a person, great as a kid and great as a man … there’s a special place in hell for the people that did this.”

Around 2:40 p.m. Monday, Kyle Bickham got into an altercation with three people while riding on the Red Line, according to police. He was pushed out of a moving train and hit the electrified third rail before being hit by an oncoming train, police and his family said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 15-year-old girl was charged with first degree murder, mob action and felony assault of a transit employee in the case, according to police.

It is unclear if police have yet identified the other two suspects in the case. The family has asked eyewitnesses and those with information to come forward.

Kyle Bickham, 29, was killed after being pushed from a CTA train onto the electrified rail, according to authorities. Credit: Provided

Christopher Bickham Sr., who said his son was kind, peaceful and caring, also called on transit riders in Chicago to speak up and intervene when someone is “being ganged up on.”

“I wish someone was there to advocate for my son,” he said. “I wish someone in a clear voice would say, ‘Hey, you know, let’s stop this.’ I’m not telling people to get into a fight, but I wish people stood up and did the right thing so it didn’t escalate later. Are we just so desensitized to violence that this is just normal every day?”

Christopher Bickham Sr. previously called for increased safety measures on CTA trains in an interview with the Sun Times.

Kyle Bickham was on his way back home from working a Labor Day shift at an Amazon facility in Cicero when he was attacked, Christopher Bickham Sr. said. Kyle Bickham had been gainfully employed since he was a teenager and “never got into the streets, even though that’s what a lot of people do,” his father said.

Kyle Bickham was a diehard Chicago sports fan, particularly of the Bears and Bulls, his cousin Aaron Tomlin told Block Club.

“He could tell you every player on the team,” Tomlin joked.

Left to right: Aaron Tomlin, Chris Bickham Jr., and Christopher Bickham Sr. Sept. 13, 2026. Credit: Charles Thrush/Block Club Chicago

Kyle Bickham’s brother, Chris Bickham Jr., said that Kyle Bickham loved playing video games and was always one to joke around.

“He loved playing Call of Duty with me, man,” Bickham Jr. said. “We’d always be hanging out. And he was goofy, but never funnier than me.”

Chris Bickham Jr. set up a GoFundMe for his brother last week to raise funds for Bickham’s funeral service, where he’s raised over $10,000 of a $14,000 goal.

“Kyle was a son, brother, uncle, family member, and friend who was loved by so many,” Bickham Jr. wrote in the post. “He was a light, goofy, kind, caring, and always able to bring laughter to those around him. His passing was sudden, and our family is asking for help giving Kyle the homegoing he deserves and sending him home to the Lord.”

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