Milwaukee, Wisconsin

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel of December 28, 2006

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Fatal shooting now ruled self-defense

Milwaukee police Thursday removed a homicide from their annual tally after a killing was ruled self-defense, a Police Department spokeswoman said.

Phillip Felder, 21, died Dec. 9 after suffering multiple gunshot wounds outside a party in the 2800 block of N. 9th St.

FBI rules state that police departments should not report shootings that are justified or accidental in their annual homicide lists. The Milwaukee County district attorney's office ruled the Felder homicide self-defense, said Anne E. Schwartz, department spokeswoman.

As of Thursday, 103 killings in Milwaukee have been classified as homicides. The figure was 122 at this time last year.