Coach allegedly didn't intervene in teen brawl caught on camera

NEW YORK -- An after-school coach in New York City was fired after a video surfaced of a fight between two 12-year-old boys as he seemingly stood by and did nothing to break it up, CBS New York reported.

Toward the end of the video, the coach ushers one of the middle school boys off camera.

"It's very unacceptable, you're a grown man, you're supposed to be a role model for these kids," Kevin Jones, a father of one of the boys involved, told the station.

Jones said he learned of the incident when his son came home from the after-school program at Brian Piccolo Middle School in Far Rockaway, Queens and began complaining of pain. He said the confrontation that required taking his son to the hospital for treatment began as a dispute over money.

The night of the fight, Jones said he saw the video, which was posted on Facebook by another boy, and became furious.

The coach, Marcus Cruz, has been fired.

"Cruz was not a DOE employee, and he was swiftly removed from his position at an after-school program at the school. There is zero tolerance for employees, vendors, or volunteers who do not prioritize the safety of our students, and the incident has been referred to SCI for investigation," the Department of Education said in a statement.

The after-school program subcontracted by the Department of Education as well as the DOE itself are conducting investigations, according to the station.

"Was this coach vetted? What other circumstances occurred prior to this with regard to this particular coach? All those things have to be investigated," Jones' lawyer Sanford Rubenstein told CBS New York. Jones said he is considering a civil suit.

Jones said he transferred his son to another school because his son was receiving threats.