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Country singer Scotty McCreery paused his concert mid-song after allegedly witnessing a man assaulting a woman in the crowd.
The American Idol alum was performing at the Colorado State Fair on Saturday (August 25) when the incident occurred.
Video footage shared on social media shows McCreery, 30, launching into his song “It Matters To Her” before suddenly stopping and pointing into the audience.
“Right here, that’s a lady you just hit, sir,” McCreery says. “Absolutely not, you just hit the lady. Police? Security? Is she OK? Get the heck out of here.”
“On God’s green earth. At a Scotty McCreery show? What are you doing?” the singer says on stage after pointing the alleged assailant out. “Y’all let the cop know who hit the lady. That’s absolutely unacceptable.”
A man is then seen …