Chattanooga homicides by year
Year Total Number of women 2016 YTD 27 9 2015 30 6 2014 27 5* 2013 19 1 2012 24 8 2011 25 4 *Includes 3-year-old girlSources: Times Free Press records and Chattanooga Police Department
WOMEN KILLED BY MEN IN TENNESSEE, 2014
53 women killed by men34 killed with guns8 killed with knives4 killed with bodily force7 killed by unidentified weaponSource: Violence Policy Center
More women have been killed in Chattanooga this year than any other year since at least 2011, records show.
And while domestic violence has historically been responsible for the majority of the women killed in the city, this year, nearly half of the women slain have been part of gang violence, police said.
Nine women have been killed in Chattanooga so far in 2016, and at least four cases were likely motivated by gang disputes, Lt. Glenn Scruggs said.