3 Dead In Oakland Domestic Violence Incidents

In the span of 75 minutes, three people were killed in Oakland on Thursday morning, allegedly in the heat of domestic violence blowups.

At around 5:15 a.m., according to KTVU, a security guard "said he was patrolling the neighborhood near the 4500 block of Penniman Ave. around 5:15 a.m. when a man walked and said he had shot his wife." Private security officer Len Montalvo told KTVU, "I came around the corner and a fella just put up his hands .. I asked him ‘What’s going on?’ He said: ‘I just killed my wife.’ He had blood all over him.”

Then, according to CBS 5/BCN, "at 6:31 a.m., police received a report of a shooting in the 8300 block of International Boulevard. They arrived to find two people dead, a male and a female." The former dead of a gunshot wound, the latter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The case is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

Remember, if your partner beats the crap out of you (or just smacks you around a bit on the occasional game-day loss), he or she will probably kill you. Well, maybe; we're basing our research off of Lifetime movies. Anyway, contrary to the Dr. Phil-ization of the world, it almost always gets worse, even if you consider yourself a well-educated, smart, white liberal. Domestic violence bleeds into every social and economic crevice. If you need help escaping a violent situation -- or before you foolishly bring a child into your toxic mix -- please visit Family Violence Prevention Fund. They can help you out in no time.