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In 2011, more than 1,700 women were murdered by men in America, and more than half of those murders were committed with firearms, according to a new report by the Violence Policy Center, which used data from the F.B.I.’s Supplementary Homicide Report. When the victim’s relationship to the shooter could be identified, 94 percent of these women were murdered by a man they knew, and of those, 61 percent were wives or intimate acquaintances. Handguns were used in two-thirds of the murders.

The study also ranked each state based on the homicide rate for women murdered by men, and coming in first is South Carolina, where no permit is required to purchase rifles, shotguns, or handguns, and guns do not have to be registered with the state.

“Nine women each week are shot to death by their husband or intimate partner,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “That’s nearly 500 domestic gun violence deaths each year—more than twice the number of servicewomen killed in military conflicts since the Korean War.”

Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

One person was killed and another person was wounded when a man described as a disgruntled business associate walked into a company that makes light fixtures and opened fire in East Garden City, Long Island, N.Y., Wednesday morning. Sang Ho Kim, 64, entered the office of the Savenergy light fixture company and started shooting, wounding the company’s founder, 68-year-old John Choi, and killing an identified victim. Kim, who has a record of arrests dating back to 1997, is still at large, and a manhunt is underway.

—NBC4 New York

Deputies said Cathy Gibbs, 58, and Randall Branstetter, 54, were gunned down by their son in their Montgomery County, Tex., home late Tuesday. A 12-year-old girl at the home called 911 and told dispatchers her uncle shot her grandparents. When police arrived, 24-year-old Joseph Branstetter had fled. When he returned, he confessed to the shooting, claiming it was an accident.

—KHOU.com

Camden County, N.J., police say a man shot and killed his wife, then launched a SWAT standoff before turning the gun on himself Wednesday evening. 66-year-old Henry Yip, reportedly a former Camden County firefighter, called police and said he had killed his wife and was going to kill himself. When police entered the home, they found both him and Vicki Yip, 54, dead from gunshot wounds.

—NBC Philadelphia

A triple shooting left two men dead in Saginaw, Mich., early Wednesday. Police revealed few other details.

—MLive

A 33-year-old man is in critical condition after he was found in a parking lot suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Mascoutah, Ill., Wednesday morning. The man’s girlfriend had called police at about 2:30 a.m. saying the victim and his revolver were gone, and told them the man, a civilian contractor on Scott Air Force Base, was upset over recent work-related issues.

—BND.com

Cassandra Gonzalez, 22, was shot and killed during a party at her home in Buckeye, Ariz., early Wednesday. At around 4:30 a.m., the victim decided it was time for the party end, sparking an altercation with a man in his 20s. Gonzalez went into the house and grabbed a shotgun, and after telling her to drop the shotgun, the man pulled out a handgun and fired several shots. Three people have been detained for questioning.

—AZFamily.com

A 31-year-old woman was shot multiple times and killed in a road rage incident in St. Albans, Vt., Wednesday afternoon. Police say the suspect, Matthew Webster, 30, ran a red light and nearly hit another car. The woman driving that car followed him, and when they got out of their cars to confront each other, Webster shot her.

—WCAX.com

A drive-by shooting in southeast Fort Wayne, Ind., left a woman critically wounded Wednesday evening. At about 7:30 p.m., police found the victim in the driver’s seat of a gray Chrysler. So far they have few leads. It was the third shooting in the past week in Fort Wayne in which someone was critically injured.

—JournalGazette.net

Stacy Buckley, 45, was found shot in a field and critically wounded near Widener, Ark., Wednesday afternoon. Authorities are searching for her boyfriend, 62-year-old Jeffrey Wall. He and the victim reportedly have a history of domestic violence calls.

—WMCTV.com

A 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were found shot and wounded in a home in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday night. No arrests have been made.

—WPTI-TV.com

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the stomach after a gun misfired in a garage in the Eagle River area of Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday night. A friend told police dispatchers the pair was moving the gun out of a safe to clean it. The victim’s parents were not home at at the time.

—Anchorage Daily News

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the stomach and wounded in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday evening. The victim was sitting outside on a flower bed when two men approached him. One of the men asked the teen where he was from, and when the victim replied “I’m from around the way,” the suspect pulled out a silver handgun and shot the teen at close range. Both men then fled.

—The Trentonian

Eric Best, 35, was found shot to death in the front yard of a Tampa, Fla., home following an altercation early Wednesday. Antonio Javon Screen, 29, an ex-convict, is wanted for second-degree murder.

—The Tampa Tribune

Two men were shot and wounded in Lauderhill, Fla., Wednesday evening. There were many witnesses, and police are seeking them out.

—CBS Miami

A 17-year-old high school student was shot in the back and wounded in north St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday morning. Police said in a tweet that the shooting “appears to be an ongoing dispute between two individuals who know each other.” The suspect is believed to be on the run.

—CBS St. Louis

An 18-year-old was shot in the hand and a 21-year-old was shot in the stomach after a fight at an apartment complex in south DeKalb County, Ga., Wednesday afternoon. The victims’ cousin said a car pulled up and someone began shooting. Corey Reese, 32, and his brother, John Reese, 34, are being sought.

—AJC.com

A 26-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in the stomach in the Belmont section of west Philadelphia, Pa., Wednesday afternoon. The shooting remains under investigation, and no motive or suspects have been released.

—Philly.com

A man was wounded in a drive-by shooting in central Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday. Police are investigating.

—Toledo Blade

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 8,707 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.