R. Kelly's Nephews Part Of Attempted Robbery

(andPOP) - R. Kelly is experiencing a couple of family issues lately, as his nephews Brayel and Brandon Kelly are suspects in police custody, for an armed-robbery attempt, following a shooting at a Chicago-area barbershop Thursday that ended with one of them in the hospital.

Brayel is in intensive care in the Advocate Christ Medical Center, after being shot in the abdomen and chest area.

According to MTV News, police were told that the two brothers went for a haircut in a barbershop, however after receiving the haircut, one of the brothers apparently produced a gun, in an attempt to rob the barbershop owner. The man complied, while placing money and jewlery in a plastic bag, before then also producing his own weapon.

Both exchanged gun shots before the police found and arrested the two boys a few blocks away, with Brayel shot in the back.

R. Kelly's brother as well as the boys' father, Carey Kelly, told reporters that he believes his sons were the victims of the attempted robbery, not the perpetrators, since there is a widespread belief that the more famous Kelly had shared his wealth with his family.

The Cook County state's attorney's office, which had previously tried R. Kelly on charges of child pornography earlier this year, would be the prosecutor in the case if the brothers are charged with attempted robbery. The office told MTV News that they are currently looking at "all the facts being compiled by the police."

Brandon and Brayel are among Carey Kelly's six children. Carey previously told MTV News in 2006 that his sons, but not his daughters, used to have a close relationship with their famous uncle. "My boys have been around Robert to go to his house, shoot pool, play basketball, before all this," he said, referring to the criminal allegations against R. Kelly. After a falling out, those visits were no more.