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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