Gunmen sought in two separate robberies that led to home invasions, gun battle on Southwest Side

Police are looking for two gunmen in connection with separate robberies and home invasions that took place 15 minutes apart including one that sparked a shootout early Thursday on the Southwest Side.

At 1:40 a.m., a 17-year-old boy was getting out of a car in the 3300 block of West 59th Place when two assailants exited a black SUV that pulled up behind him and demanded his property before forcing him into a home and robbing him, police said. The robbers fled in the same SUV.

Fifteen minutes earlier, a 20-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman were in a vehicle in the 6200 block of South Kolin Avenue when they were confronted by two gunmen who took their property and followed them into a home.

Once inside, they robbed them again, sparking an exchange of gunfire between the victims and the attackers, who eventually got away, police said.

No one was injured and a gun was recovered from the Kolin Avenue scene.

A police spokesperson said it's not clear if the two attacks are related and said no arrests have been made.

Area One detectives are investigating.