Austin grocery store owner attacked amid downtown crime concerns [Video]

Surveillance video captured a shirtless man assaulting the business owner outside the downtown store.

Earlier this month, surveillance video captured an apparent attack that erupted outside of the Royal Blue Grocery on Congress Avenue.

It shows Scariano approaching a man after he had pulled up a chair. Scariano said he had asked the man if he was a customer, and that’s when Scariano said he blew up on him.

“He tried to spit on me, challenged me physically,” Scariano said.

The situation escalated when Scariano said he tried to get him to leave, which led to a small crowd forming and several people attempting to pull the man off of Scariano.

“He turned around, assaulted me, he headbutted me, and I tackled him and we held him down,” Scariano said.

Austin police responded and said George Martin Jr. was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault with injury and criminal trespass. …