BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) -- A woman who was allegedly hit over the head with a pot lid early Monday morning has died from her injuries and the man who did it is claiming it was self-defense.

Battle Creek police were dispatched to a unit at Chateau Village Apartments in the 600 block of East Michigan Avenue at 4:30 a.m. on a report of a domestic dispute resulting in injuries to a woman.

They found a 55-year-old woman bleeding from head wounds at a neighbor's apartment. She was able to give a statement to police. She was rushed to Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, where she died a few hours later.

A 61-year-old man found at the home was arrested for domestic violence. That charge has since been amended to homicide.

He is being held in the Calhoun County Jail until an arraignment and a bond hearing is held.