Velopulos CG, et al. - Researchers performed a 2003–2015 retrospective review of the National Violent Death Reporting System, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database of surveillance data, in order to determine the prevalence and risk factors for the most severe manifestation of intimate partner violence (IPV): intimate partner homicide. IPV resulted in the murder of a total of 6,131 persons in opposite-sex relationships and 181 in same-sex relationships. For both men and women, IPV related homicide is a significant public health crisis. Women and Black men were noted to be at particular risk. The most commonly used weapon for homicide was firearms in both sexes, and mental illness is not a common risk factor. Suicide of the suspect was reported in a staggering proportion of these homicides. Thus Each potential incident has two victims to target for prevention and intervention. This study emphasizes the urgent necessity for interventional programs to prevent such bidirectional mortality.