The months-long procession of homicide trials continues in Erie County Court with another case in which the defendant is arguing self-defense.
Jury selection started on Monday in the trial of Erie resident Derrick A. Feidler, 36. He is accused of going into his home at 1400 block of West 35th Street to retrieve a rifle before fatally shooting another man in the chest after the two got into an argument outside the residence at about 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2019.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office is contending that Feidler committed first-degree murder, or a premeditated killing, when he shot the victim, 38-year-old Jose Arenas Jr.