Country music singer Scotty McCreery stopped a recent concert mid-show at the Colorado State Fair after a man allegedly hit a woman in the crowd, according to video posted on social media.
The former “American Idol” winner was performing “It Matters To Her,” a song he said he wrote for his wife, when he abruptly halted the show.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Right here. Right here,” he said in a video one concertgoer shared on Facebook Sunday. “That’s a lady you just hit, sir. Absolutely not. Who just hit the lady?”
He then called for security and police.
“Is she OK? Get the heck out of here,” he said, calling what happened “absolutely unacceptable.”
Officials with the Colorado State Fair confirmed that the assault happened at McCreery’s concert and asked that anyone with video share the footage with its security team.
“Colorado State Fair security assisted with crowd control. This incident is still under investigation and we cannot comment further,” Olga Robak, director of communications with The Colorado Department of Agriculture, said in an emailed statement.
A representative for McCreery, who won Season 10 of the singing competition show, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
