🚨 SECOND PERSON CHARGED IN KYLE BICKHAM CTA DEATH AS PROSECUTORS SAY FOUR PEOPLE ACTED TOGETHER

The investigation into the death of 29-year-old Kyle Bickham has taken another major turn.

Katlar Parchman, 19, is now the second person charged in connection with Bickham's death after he was pushed from a moving CTA Red Line train near the 69th Street station on September 7. Parchman faces multiple felony charges, including first-degree murder, aggravated battery and mob action. A judge ordered her detained Saturday.

A 15-year-old girl had already been charged with murder in the case and remains in custody. Two additional men allegedly involved have not been arrested or charged as of Saturday.

🚇 PROSECUTORS SAY FOUR PEOPLE ACTED TOGETHER

New details presented in court paint a clearer picture of what prosecutors allege happened aboard the northbound Red Line train.

Prosecutors say Parchman, the 15-year-old girl and two men boarded the train at 95th Street. Bickham, who did not know the group, was also aboard.

According to prosecutors, surveillance video shows an argument developing between Bickham and the teenager. Prosecutors allege Bickham spat at the teenager and Parchman, after which Parchman punched, slapped and grabbed him.

Prosecutors say the group then surrounded Bickham. They allege one of the men and the teenage girl pulled an emergency lever, opened the train doors while it was moving and pushed Bickham out.

Bickham landed near the electrified third rail and was subsequently struck by another train. His death was ruled a homicide.

⚖️ PARCHMAN'S ATTORNEY DISPUTES HER ROLE

Parchman's defense attorney argues that she did not push Bickham from the train and says she should not be held responsible for the actions that directly caused his death.

The defense also told the court that Parchman has no prior criminal record and argued that Bickham had been touching passengers' belongings and appeared intoxicated before the confrontation. Those are defense claims, and the charges against Parchman remain allegations that must be proven in court.

Prosecutors, however, contend that Parchman acted together with the others, even if she was not personally the individual who ultimately pushed Bickham from the train.

💔 BICKHAM WAS HEADING HOME FROM WORK

Bickham's family says he was returning home to Lansing after working at an Amazon warehouse in Cicero.

His family has described him as funny, caring and devoted to the people he loved. They've also been demanding answers about how the doors of a moving CTA train could have been opened in the first place.

And that question isn't going away:

How were passengers allegedly able to pull an emergency mechanism, open the doors of a moving train and push somebody out?

Because this case isn't only about who will ultimately be held criminally responsible. There are also serious questions surrounding CTA passenger safety and the operation of emergency doors aboard moving trains.

Parchman is due back in court Tuesday, when the judge is expected to reconsider whether she should remain detained. Investigators are still looking for the two other men prosecutors say were involved.

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