Pitt and the Pesky Paparazzo

A dad takes his daughter to the mall. Boring, right? 

Not if we're talking Brad Pitt and daughter Zahara. The pair recently headed out to the Grove in Los Angeles and encountered a shutterbug pop felt was getting too close for comfort.

The paparazzo followed Pitt and Zahara from the garage into the shopping mecca a few nights ago around 7, an eyewitness said.

That's apparently when things got a little heated.

“This paparazzi guy was right in his face taking pictures,” the source reported. “Brad grabbed the guy by the collar and said, ‘Get the f--k away from me!' "

It worked.

“The paparazzi guy looked so scared,” the eyewitness said. “He just ran into the parking garage.”

Pitt's rep declined to comment.

—Additional reporting by Laura Lane