Domestic violence is a critical issue in San Antonio  mySA

The numbers are heartbreaking. They start with 28. That’s how many people died from domestic violence in 2018 in Bexar County. This is according to Marta Peláez, president and CEO of Family Violence and Prevention Services. She recently lingered over this number — 28 — at a fundraiser for the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter. They continue with 1. That’s Bexar County’s ranking among major Texas counties in 2017 for the family violence homicide rate for women. One. They continue to the steady uptick in family violence incidents and homicides reported to the San Antonio Police Department…