Woman bites off part of Louisiana officer's ear in bar fight

Authorities in southern Louisiana are searching for a woman who bit off part of an officer's ear.

Houma police were trying to break up a fight between several women in a bar's parking lot just after midnight on Friday when one of them started biting the ear of one of the responding officers, the police department said in a news release.

She "bit a large portion of the right ear completely off" during the struggle and fled the area, police said. Authorities know the identity of the 36-year-old suspect and have obtained an arrest warrant for second-degree battery. The injured officer is recovering after being treated at a local medical facility.

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