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THE COALITION TO END RELATIONSHIP ABUSE REMEMBERS
Leneesha Columbus
MINNESOTA'S 15TH CONFIRMED VICTIM OF INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDE IN 2020
Leneesha Columbus, 27, was shot and killed in Minneapolis on July 5, by Zachary Robinson, 27, the father of her child. On the night of July 5, Leneesha and Robinson were seen arguing outside of her vehicle in Minneapolis. Leneesha then got in the car and started to drive away when Robinson fired several shots at her. When police arrived, bystanders were attempting life saving measures on Leneesha, but she later died at the hospital. Shortly after the shooting, a man who witnessed the shooting confronted Robinson, who shot the man in the foot. Leneesha was five months pregnant with Robinson's child at the time of her death. Doctors were able to deliver the child, who remains in critical condition.Zachary Robinson was prohibited to possess a firearm when he killed Leneesha due to past criminal convictions. He is charged with second-degree murder, second degree assault, and felon in possession of a gun.
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STRONGER TOGETHER
A support group for people who have experienced harmful relationships.
Focusing on: self-empowerment, healing, coping strategies, and making healthy changes.
Find support in a healthy, safe environment.
Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 PM
Due to COVID-19 and practicing social distancing, support group will now be held via ZOOM.
For more information or a ZOOM invite, please contact Kate.
North Shore Horizons
127 7th Street
Two Harbors, MN 55616
Call with questions: 218-834-5924
The Reality of Domestic Violence
Physical abuse is not bound by age, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or nationality; it exists in all communities.
Women who are sexually abused by intimate partners suffer severe and long-lasting physical and mental health problems, similar to those of other rape victims.
Source: https://ncadv.org/statistics
The single best predictor of children becoming either perpetrators or victims of domestic violence later in life is whether or not they grow up in a home where there is domestic violence.
Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.
Source: https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/statistics/children-and-domestic-violence
A study of intimate partner homicides found that 20% of victims were not
the intimate partners themselves, but family members, friends, neighbors,
persons who intervened, law enforcement responders, or bystanders.
72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner;
94% of the victims of these murder suicides are female.
Source: https://ncadv.org/statistics
Helping Survivors of Violence
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