Security guard sentenced for killing grandmother in Bronzeville shooting

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

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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 Tuesday afternoon 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.

In July 2025, nearly three years after the deadly shooting he was sentenced to 18 years to be served at 50%.

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