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Domestic violence homicides in Colorado rose by 24% in 2024, even as the state's overall homicide rate decreased.

Firearms were used in 75% of all domestic violence fatalities in 2024, including every collateral child death.

The report recommends stronger prevention measures, including the temporary removal of firearms at the scene of domestic violence arrests.

Colorado saw a rise in domestic violence homicides in 2024, despite overall homicides decreasing, according to a report from the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board released Oct. 21 by the Colorado Attorney General's Office.

The report identified 54 domestic violence fatality cases resulting in 72 deaths in 2024, a 24% increase from the prior year. Of those deaths, 38 were killed by current or

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