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The Wisconsin Domestic Violence Homicide Report for 2020
Click here to download the annual report from End Domestic Abuse WI
In the United States, 4.5 million women have reported being threatened with a gun by an intimate partner.
In Wisconsin, more than 1/3 of the perpetrators in 2020 who used a gun to commit a domestic violence homicide were legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.
According to the End Domestic Abuse WI 2020 Wisconsin Domestic Homicide Report, 38 of the homicide incidents occurred in the home of the victim and/or perpetrator.
There were two domestic violence-related homicides in central Wisconsin in 2020.
While use of a firearm was the most prevalent homicide method used in domestic violence-related homicides, there were other methods used. (End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2020 Wisconsin Domestic Violence Homicide Report)
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