Story highlights Chris Brown's aunt opened the door and 3 armed males forced their way in, police say

The intruders got away; the singer wasn't in the Los Angeles home at the time

A woman also broke into Brown's home earlier this year, defacing his property

(CNN) After years of his own legal troubles, Chris Brown finds himself as an apparent victim -- after armed intruders burst into his Southern California home and locked his aunt in a closet, police said.

The chart-topping, award-winning singer wasn't at his home in Tarzana, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, when authorities got a call about what happened around 2 a.m. (5 a.m. ET) Wednesday, according to L.A. Police Department Officer R. Alvarez.

But Brown's aunt was there. After hearing a commotion outside, she opened the door to find three males with handguns, Alvarez said.

The armed men forced their way into the house and locked his aunt in a closet. The intruders eventually fled in an unknown vehicle toward an unknown direction, according to the LAPD officer.

Police did not immediately say what, if anything, was taken from Brown's house, whether his aunt had been harmed, or whether others had been in the house with her.