The suspect in a fatal stabbing Tuesday was being battered by the victim at the time of the incident, Baton Rouge Police said.

The woman, whose identity has not yet been released, was the ex-girlfriend of Robert Gibson, 44, according to police.

Officers were first called to an apartment in the 2400 block of Weldwood Drive in response to a stabbing just before 9 p.m. Tuesday.

There, BRPD officers and EMS personnel found Gibson dead in the parking lot.

Officers learned Gibson was battering the woman at the time of the stabbing. Then she allegedly armed herself with a knife and stabbed him.

The killing has not been ruled as justified and the investigation is ongoing, a BRPD spokesperson said.

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