BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Boynton Beach Publix parking lot brawl erupted Thursday after an alleged scam dispute, with a teen girl caught in the chaos.<\/p>\n
According to officers with the Boynton Beach Police Department<\/a>, a man recognized 31-year-old Collin Scott of Hollywood in the parking lot from a previous marketplace transaction where he claimed he was scammed.<\/p>\n When the teen attempted to warn an elderly man who was buying speakers from Scott, words reportedly quickly escalated into violence.<\/p>\n See also: Florida man arrested after deputies find him passed out at pump with child, guns in car<\/a><\/p>\n The situation turned physical when Scott approached the vehicle, said he would “beat the f*** out of” the victim before throwing a punch through a window, according to the criminal probable cause affidavit.<\/p>\n The man then exited his vehicle and began physically fighting Scott. A 16-year-old girl tried to intervene to defend the victim and was allegedly punched in the face, a claim later supported by surveillance video.<\/p>\n Though Scott claimed to officers that he was merely defending himself after being blindsided, the store’s CCTV footage<\/a> told a different story, showing Scott as the initial aggressor.<\/p>\n