Police: woman stabbed man in self-defense

Police say a woman was defending herself when she stabbed a man early Thursday.

Lexington Police say Derrick Keeling was choking a woman on Chestnut Street when she stabbed him in the leg with a pair of garden shears.

Keeling went to the hospital, then to jail for assault.

The woman wasn't charged.

Police say it is a case of domestic violence.