Police said they are now looking at a shooting in a Baton Rouge parking lot as a possible self defense case.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge Police Department is offering women free self-defense classes in what the department calls "The Equalizer course".

The Baton Rouge Police Department offers free self-defense training courses for women and young girls who want to learn how to protect themselves.

Defense attorneys will try to prove that two of the victims escalated the chain of events that led to their deaths and the fatal shooting of a toddler.