Sentenced: Guard Fired 20 Shots While Lying On Ground— Killing Grandma 4 Blocks Away

[Sugar Cookie]

A security guard wildly fired more than 20 rounds on a busy street without regard for who else could be hurt after he was shot in the leg during a confrontation with another man earlier this week, Cook County prosecutors said in court Friday.

Victor Brown missed his target, but one of the bullets he fired instead struck a 55-year-old grandmother in the chest as she walked to a bank four blocks away, prosecutors said.

Bobbye Johnson, whose family said she “loved God, loved church, loved her grandkids,” later died.

Brown, 34, faces a first-degree murder in her death.

Because Brown was still hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his thigh and did not attend the hearing, Judge Kelly McCarthy said state law did not allow her to hold him without bail.

Instead, the judge said he would have to post $1 million to be released.

McCarthy set another hearing for Brown on Monday for that bail to be reviewed — or revoked, if he’s released from the hospital by then.

Guard fired 20 shots while lying on ground— killing grandma 4 blocks away, prosecutors say

Victor Brown fired at a man who had shot him, although that man was already at least a block away at the time, Cook County prosecutors said in charging Brown with murder Friday. One of the bullets killed Bobbye Johnson as she walked in the 200 block of East 35th Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday.

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A woman was shot and killed and a security guard injured Tuesday afternoon in a shootout near Chicago Public Safety Headquarters on the South Side.

The woman, 59, was caught in the crossfire after a male shot at a 34-year-old security guard who then fired back about 4:15 p.m., Chicago police said.

She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police said. Her name hasn’t been released yet.

The security guard was also taken to the University of Chicago with a gunshot wound to his leg, and was listed in good condition, officials said.

A weapon was recovered at the scene.

Woman Killed, Security Guard Hurt in Shootout Near Chicago Public Safety Headquarters

A woman was shot and killed and a security guard injured Tuesday afternoon in a shootout near Chicago Public Safety Headquarters on the South Side.

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[Satanica]

I wonder what kind of gun training the guard had.

 

[Donut Whisperer]

That was a confusing article. I was wondering how the bullet traveled four blocks before hitting the victim. Four blocks from her destination. Doh.

Family quote sounds like she lived a happy and loved life. I hope her memory and her faith while alive helps them find peace.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Victor Brown was sentenced to 18 years to be served at 50%.

In February 2022, Bobbye Johnson, 55, was leaving a Chase Bank branch at 35th and Martin Luther King Drive when she was shot.

Chicago police said there was a verbal altercation between Victor Brown, 34, who was working informally as a security guard at a liquor store in the 200-block of East 35th Street and another man.

The argument led to a shooting.

Johnson was nearly a quarter of a mile away when a stray bullet struck her.

Witnesses said Brown got the gun from another security guard who had a concealed carry license, then fired "wildly" some 20 times from his knees at Renegade.

Brown, a convicted felon, was charged with first degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm.

In May 2025, he was convicted for second degree murder, aggravated discharged of a firearm and felon possession of a firearm.

Security guard sentenced for killing grandmother in Bronzeville shooting

A security guard was sentenced for firing more than 20 rounds on a busy street and killing an innocent person.

abc7chicago.com

M12822 - BROWN, VICTOR

ADMISSION DATE: 07/10/2025

PROJECTED PAROLE DATE: 01/17/2031
PROJECTED DISCHARGE DATE: 01/18/2033

OFFENSE: SECOND DEGREE MURDER/UNREASON
SENTENCE: 18 YEARS

OFFENSE: AGG DISCHARGE FIREARM/OCC VEH
SENTENCE: 6 YEARS