A panicked mother called police for help Monday afternoon when a group of young men reportedly began beating on her child.

Officers from the Covington Police Department were called to Nixon Circle about a group of young men fighting in the street, but there was no group and no witnesses there when they arrived.

About an hour later they were called again, and this time found a group of young men who began to walk away as officers approached.

Authorities met with the mother of the 16-year-old victim. She told them that a group of males were attempting to retaliate against her son because he filmed an earlier fight between another juvenile male and 20-year-old D'Andre Trecell Wilson-Epps.

The juvenile told officers that in the earlier fight he tapes, Wilson-Epps lost a fight to the other juvenile, as well as several teeth. He said he filmed the fight on his cell phone. He also told officers that Wilson-Epps had come to his home to fight him but left when he saw officers approaching.

Since Wilson-Epps was no longer in the area, officers went looking for him. He was located on Johnson Street, carrying a red bandana and missing a tooth. According to reports he became "disruptive and angry" when officer questioned him about the earlier fight and was arrested for disorderly conduct. He was transported to the Newton County Detention Center.