Gunshot wounds primary cause of death among domestic violence victims

Gunshot wounds are the leading cause of death among domestic violence cases reviewed in the annual Georgia Domestic violence fatality review. The review was released Monday by several anti-domestic violence agencies at the state Capitol.

According to the review, 75 % of all domestic violence deaths in Georgia in 2010 were due to gunshot wounds victims received from their attackers. The report also found that 56% percent of the cases reviewed by Georgia Commission on Family Violence and the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic violence between 2004 and 2011 died from gunshot wounds. Those statistics are disturbing to GCADV President Nicole Lesser.

“It really speaks to us about needing to get the firearms out of the hands of people who are breaking the law.”