A woman bit a large chunk of a police officer’s right ear off during an altercation at a Louisiana bar, new reports say.

The officer was attempting to break up a fight at Joni B’s Bar Friday when a female suspect, identified as Michelle Smith, 36, “began to bite the ear of one of the responding officers,” according to a statement from the police department. After biting off a large chunk of the officer’s right ear, the woman fled the scene and evaded apprehension, the statement continued.