BATON ROUGE — An officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department was transported to the hospital on Monday after being struck with a metal pipe.

According to the department, the officer was responding to a report of a suspicious male hiding at the Circle K on Government Street around 10:15 a.m. 

During the investigation, the man struck the officer with a metal pipe, causing him to be transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. 

The man was arrested for battery of a police officer.