RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Health says
about one-third of the homicides that occurred in the state between
1999 and 2007 were domestic-related.
In a report released Monday, the agency says males were more
likely to die in what it called the "crossfire" of intimate
partner violence. Females were more likely to be killed by an
intimate partner.
The findings are based on an examination of 1,232
domestic-related homicides that occurred during the nine-year
period.
According to the report, about 56 percent of such homicides
involved the use of a firearm. Sharp instruments such as knives
were used in 16.4 percent of domestic-related homicides.
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