A Detroit courtroom witnessed a brawl break out when a father punched a man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of his three-year-old daughter.

Footage of the brawl captured by Detroit's Local 4 News shows Dwayne Smith charging into frame and punching the defendant, Clifford Daniel Thomas, in the head.

In September 2014, Thomas babysat Smith's daughter, Jamilia Gordon, while her mother, Jasmine Gordon, was at work at the time.

They brought her to Henry Ford Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival from multiple blunt force injuries. The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office declared the death a homicide, according to the Detroit Free Press.

A jury convicted both Gordon and Thomas of involuntary manslaughter. Gordon was also convicted of first-degree child abuse.

After punching Thomas, Smith was not allowed to return to the courtroom.