Domestic Violence Statistics

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A 25-year-old man allegedly shot and killed his 26-year-old parter who was pregnant with his child. The perpetrator had planned to kill his partner when he went to her home. When investigators searched the perpetrator’s phone, they found nothing indicating he had told anyone about the child he was having with the victim, but she was messaging him days before the shooting about the baby’s gender reveal party. The night of the shooting, the perpetrator left another romantic partner’s home and called the victim. Her uncle heard her ask “Are you coming to the front or the back?” before hearing gunshots. Her uncle, who suffers from a physical disability, was unable to walk to the back to see if his niece was involved. The victim was not found until the next morning. The victim’s father described her as an amazing human who just wanted to make other people happy, and said she was excited about becoming a mother. Her family has started a foundation to help victims of gun violence in her memory.

A-26-year-old man allegedly shot and killed the 30-year-old mother of his 5-month-old child after being ordered to pay child support. The perpetrator was on active duty in the U.S. Army in Hawaii and was in PA on leave when he murdered his partner. The perpetrator called the victim minutes before the shooting, and neighbors reported hearing two people arguing before hearing gunshots. According to a witness, the victim told the man on the phone many times that he and his mother should leave her alone. The perpetrator’s rental car was seen on video footage of the shooting, where the victim walks toward the vehicle’s driver side and then turns to walk away before falling down on the street where she was found dead; a muzzle flash can be seen coming from the driver’s side of the vehicle. The perpetrator bought two guns, a .22-caliber and a 9mm, along with ammunition, the day before the shooting at a store in one county over from where the homicide occurred.

A 22-year-old pregnant mother of four was allegedly shot to death in a car by her 24-year-old partner. The victim confided in a friend earlier the day of the shooting that she believed she might be pregnant. She already had one child with the perpetrator, and she told this friend she didn’t want this pregnancy to be his baby. On the night of the shooting, the perpetrator was at the victim’s home begging for a ride somewhere. The victim asked everyone else in the home if they would go with her to drop off the perpetrator, but no one wanted to go. Less than 90 minutes later, police received a call reporting the shooting, after two witnesses saw the perpetrator run away from the scene. They discovered that the perpetrator had shot his pregnant partner while she was driving him, causing her to crash the car. The victim was described by loved ones as a doting and hardworking mother.

A 50-year-old man allegedly shot and killed his 47-year-old wife and their two sons (ages 15 and 8) before turning the gun on himself. The perpetrator had purchased the gun just two weeks before the murder-suicide occurred. The wife’s brother said that in the months leading up to the killings, the perpetrator had canceled planned family events without offering an explanation. He said it was obvious that his sister wanted to meet, but that her husband wouldn’t allow it. Whenever he asked his sister if anything was wrong, she would say no. He became worried for his sister and her family when he had not heard from her in over a week, and so he drove from out of state to check on them. They received no answer when they knocked on the door. Worried, a family member called 911 and asked police to do a welfare check. Upon entering, police discovered the perpetrator and his family deceased in the basement of their home.

A 46-year-old woman allegedly shot and killed her 50-year-old boyfriend after finding out he recently had a baby with another woman. The couple had been dating for about 26 years when he told her that another woman recently gave birth to his daughter. The perpetrator went to the victim’s home in hopes of working things out, but a fight erupted when the perpetrator confronted the victim about text messages on his phone between him and his baby’s mother. A firearm was laying on the floor by the victim’s bed, and the perpetrator said she picked it up to avoid it being used, despite there being no threats made by the victim to use the firearm. She later called 911 claiming that she shot the victim while the two of them wrestled over the gun. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the victim dead in the hallway and the perpetrator bleeding from a gunshot wound in her left arm. The victim’s family said he had fulfilled a longtime dream of becoming a dad two months prior when his daughter was born, and that all he wanted to do was be happy and raise his child.