Man found dead after Bronx street brawl had just flown in from Alabama to celebrate his sister’s baby shower

He took a plane from Alabama to the Bronx, beaming as he posed for a selfie and eager to celebrate his sister’s baby shower.

Hours later, he was dead — apparently felled by a blow to a head during an early-morning street brawl.

Troy Scott’s devastated family tried to keep up their spirits as they celebrated the pending birth of his niece — but his sudden death cast a tragic pall over what should have been a happy event.

“We both shed tears," Scott’s sister LaTor said, referring to herself and her sibling Shaquana, who’s expecting a baby girl in a month. ”I was trying to get her to dance, to steer her mind away from it, but you could never really steer her mind away from it.”

Scott, 40, was looking forward to being an uncle and spoiling his little niece with gifts.

“You’re supposed to be celebrating something so good, and people are coming up to you and saying ‘my condolences, my condolences,’” LaTor Scott said.

Cops found Scott unconscious after responding to a brawl on E. 169th St. and Prospect Ave. in Foxhurst just before 1 a.m. Saturday.

The other people involved had scattered, leaving Scott on the pavement, a deep cut on the back of his head. He died later that morning at Lincoln Hospital.

LaTor Scott showed a reporter an Instagram Story video of what she believes is the punch that knocked her brother to the pavement.

A man in a white shirt swings at another man’s head before pushing him to the ground, as a woman screams off-screen.

The video was taken by a friend of a friend, LaTor Scott said. “That’s what people do. They record videos.”

On Wednesday, Scott took to Facebook and posted about his life going well.

“Good Morning Kings & Queens. Im Really In A Good Space Im Happy, I Aint Got No Drama, I Aint Dealing With No BS, I Aint Got No Worries,” he said. "Ive Made Some Changes In My Life Dont Regret None Of Them."

And on Friday, he posted a smiling photo from the cabin of the plane taking him to New York.

His sister said he’d been living in Alabama for about nine years, and worked as a cement truck driver. He flew to New York from Alabama with his cousin’s daughter.

“He started going to church and changing his life around,” LaTor Scott said. “He would call his family and sing them church songs on the phone.”

Growing up, he taught his sister how to play basketball, she said. "Everybody in the neighborhood will tell you, ‘Troy was cool, he would dance in a minute and everybody in the neighborhood was always his hype man,’” LaTor Scott said.

Police on Saturday released a picture of someone they want to speak with about Scott’s death. He’s described as about 5-foot-7, and he fled the scene in a red vehicle last seen heading south on Prospect Ave.

Cops ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 500-TIPS.