BATON ROUGE — A woman was arrested for attempted second-degree murder after allegedly stabbing a man in the abdomen following an argument. 

According to arrest records, on June 25, Corey Thomas was on Ford Street visiting friends when he saw 28-year-old Marquisha Kaigler, who had an active order of protection against him. Thomas allegedly told Kaigler that she needed to leave before entering a friend's apartment.

According to officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department, Kaigler allegedly entered the apartment about 30 minutes later, causing a disturbance before punching Thomas several times. 

Thomas later told officers that he was attempting to leave when Kaigler stabbed him in the abdomen with a sharp object before fleeing the area on foot. 

Thomas drove himself to a local hospital before later undergoing emergency surgery. 

Kaigler was arrested on one count of attempted second-degree murder.