BATON ROUGE - A man is going to the hospital after a woman attacked him with a hammer Friday evening, according to BRPD.

According to BRPD officials, a female is in custody after she struck a male with a blunt object.

Sources on scene say a woman hurled a hammer at the man's head on Gus Young Avenue.

The man is being transported to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries, according to officers.

Police say 31-year-old Wendolyn S. Snearl has been charged with domestic abuse battery. She will be booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.