Chicago Police Arrest Man in Connection with Armed Robbery and Home Invasion on SW Side

CHICAGO — A man involved in an armed robbery and home invasion on the Southwest Side earlier this week has been arrested and charged, Chicago police said.

Kentrell Brown, 26, who was arrested in connection with a series of robberies. (Courtesy: CPD)

CPD said Kentrell Brown, 26, was arrested around 3 a.m. Thursday in the 3500 block of West 47th Street. Police said he was identified as a suspect in connection with at least four separate robberies, one of which was an armed robbery carried out by multiple perpetrators and culminated in a home invasion earlier Thursday morning in the city’s West Lawn neighborhood.

Brown was charged with three felonies: armed robbery, home invasion with a firearm, auto theft and kidnapping with a firearm.

Incidents related to Brown

• At approximately 1:07 a.m., in the 4900 block of S. Western Ave. (9th Precinct); Property seized
  held at gunpoint by a 29-year-old man.
• At approximately 1:15 a.m., in the 6200 block of South Kolin Avenue (8th Precinct); Property taken at gunpoint from a 39-year-old woman and another 20-year-old man and then forcibly entered a residence where additional property was taken. Offender then fired shots into an occupied residence, without striking anyone.
• At approximately 1:40 a.m., in the 3300 block of West 59th Place (8th Precinct); Property seized at
  at gunpoint from a 17-year-old man.
• At approximately 2:34 a.m., in the 3600 block of W. 38th St. (8th Precinct); Violent a
  vehicle of a 42-year-old man.

Armed Robbery and Home Invasion on South Kolin Avenue

WGN News spoke with the woman who was the victim of the incident on South Kolin Avenue.

“They were coming the wrong way,” she said. “They just drove up. They came out with their guns and they asked for money.”

According to police, the woman and her son were in a vehicle when they were approached by two armed male criminals who demanded their property.

The woman said her son wanted to take her to work, but they never left their parking spot.

According to police, the perpetrators robbed the victims and then followed them to a home, where they demanded more property. According to police, there was an exchange of gunfire in the home and the perpetrators fled. Police recovered a firearm and no injuries were reported.

According to the woman, the perpetrators exchanged shots with her brother, who she says has a CCL license.

“I just remember screaming, screaming, and the next thing I know I hear guns right up to my ear,” she said. “It was so loud. All I could hear was my brother saying, ‘Get down.'”

Brown was scheduled to appear in Cook County Superior Court on Saturday for a arraignment hearing.

There is currently no additional information available.