Filming of Pat’s Steaks: Paul Burkert charged with murder after shooting David Padro at Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – Police have identified the suspect who was arrested in a fatal shooting against Philadelphia’s iconic Pat’s King of Steaks.

Paul Burkert, 36, of Doral Drive in Reading, Pa., Has been charged with murder in the Thursday morning shooting.

Police were called to the 1200 block of South 9th Street at approximately 12:55 a.m. to report a person with a gun.

It was there that officers found David Padro, 23, from the 2700 block of Federal Street in Camden, New Jersey, with a gunshot wound to his lower back.

Officers rushed him to Jefferson University Hospital, but he was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m.

Police said Burkert and Padro were lining up for food when they got into a fight.

Investigators said about six or seven other customers were also expecting cheese steaks when the brawl broke out.

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Witnesses saw the suspect get into a van with a female driver. Police said these witnesses gave a detailed description of the gunman, as well as the van and its tag number.

Minutes later, authorities said the man matching the gunman’s description showed up at 5th and Market streets in the city center, where he visited after contacting police.