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Cops: R. Kelly Nephew Shot During Robbery

Posted Nov 7th 2008 9:00AM by TMZ Staff

R. Kelly's 15-year-old nephew was shot yesterday -- and cops say he may have been trying to rob a barbershop.

The nephew might've been shot twice by the store owner, according to police -- but the victim's father Carey Kelly (R.'s brother) says the kid may have just been an innocent victim of someone else who was robbing the store.

The nephew currently is being treated at a Chicago area hospital for a chest wound.

UPDATE: According to FOX 32, cops have the injured nephew's brother -- Brandon -- in custody for the alleged robbery.
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1. lol, I assume this was a 'barbershop' similar to the one in those awful Ice Cube movies...that guy must've been hoping to get away with the entire 60 or so dollars a place like that might have in the register at any given time. Totally worth being shot over.

Posted at 9:18AM on Nov 7th 2008 by Sono

2. Well there you go!

Posted at 9:21AM on Nov 7th 2008 by Don Imus

3. In the Black community the barbershop is often use to sell drugs that's why they can have LOTS of CASH around

Posted at 9:34AM on Nov 7th 2008 by the truth

4. What was a 15 year old doing out late on a school night?

Posted at 7:01PM on Nov 13th 2008 by FlBiker

5. "What was a 15 year old doing out late on a school night?"

apparently stealing... duh

Posted at 9:48AM on Nov 7th 2008 by DrSkank

6. just wait til one of my daddies get home... we gonna hire lawyers and sue... nobody toad us day wuz a gun in da barba shop

Posted at 9:51AM on Nov 7th 2008 by shaniqwa

7. But was he peed on first?

Posted at 10:03AM on Nov 7th 2008 by Colostomy Bag

8. haha comment number 7 same thing i thought. The kelly's pee legacy.

Posted at 10:19AM on Nov 7th 2008 by MT

9. My my, aren't we proud of this culture today? First Julia Hudson, and now R Kelly's nephew. They're really living up to it today, aren't they?

Posted at 10:42AM on Nov 7th 2008 by perky

10. CHEAPO R. KELLY!!! AS MUCH MONEY AS U HAVE ATLEAST GIVE THE NEPHEW A COUPLE OF $ 100'S.THEY ALWAYS SHOW UP AFTER THE FACT.

Posted at 9:47PM on Nov 9th 2008 by GINA

11. hey dey aint nuffin rong wiff r culture, we bang, get high, run da streets. I b tinkin dat maybe we b waring r pants 2 low doh, we cant be runnin fast enuff to get away. But tis k, we gots da man in da back house now, and he gonna save us all

Posted at 10:58AM on Nov 7th 2008 by Obamanation

12. Does this family ever admit to any wrong doing? I guess not.. It's okay to pee on underage girls and rob barbershops.. I don't understand why people allow this and still guy this idiots music.. He sucks and his family is full of criminals.

Posted at 11:12AM on Nov 7th 2008 by Gypsy

13. First man appointed by the Chicago hood prez Rahm Emanuel, sat on the board of Freddie Mac during the time they were cooking the books and Rahm and his wife Amy Ruhl pay NO property tax in Chicago on their mansion. Its a foundation. This is Chicago, Thug City. Obama is gonna pay for the gas in their car and their house payments and holy hell is gonna break out if they don't get! so the ONE, We've been Waiting For is gonna have to collect those evil guns. It's just not FAIR that all America doesn't look like Chicago, but it will. This is not gonna be good for the "first ho's" children

Posted at 11:23AM on Nov 7th 2008 by Shay

14. Did R. Kelly Pissed Him Off!!

Posted at 12:11PM on Nov 7th 2008 by TMZ Are All Republican A** Holes

15. Sounds like he's just ruined his chances to ever be president.

Posted at 1:26PM on Nov 7th 2008 by Tangina

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