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The girlfriend of a suspect accused of fatally shooting a New Jersey man outside a Philadelphia cheesesteak shop has also been charged with murder, police said.<\/p>\n
Jamie Frick, 36, of Newmanstown, Pennsylvania, was charged Tuesday with murder and tampering with evidence in the July 22 shooting death of David Padro Jr., a 23-year-old Camden man who was gunned down outside Pat\u2019s King of Steaks following a brawl with another customer, Paul Burkert, 36, police said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A Philadelphia police spokesman said there was no additional information to provide when asked what role Frick allegedly had in Padro\u2019s slaying.<\/p>\n
Her attorney did not immediately reply to a request for comment, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sources told WPVI Frick did not fire the gun that killed Padro, but she had \u201cenough involvement in the case\u201d to lead to murder charges against her. She\u2019s currently being held without bail, the station reported.<\/p>\n
Video of the fight between Padro and Burkert — which witnesses said started over a parking spot — shows Padro charging into the Reading, Pennsylvania, man before the pair trade punches as witnesses look on.<\/p>\n
Padro got Burkert into a headlock at one point before the men go off-camera and a single gunshot is heard. Police said Padro was shot in the lower back and later died at a hospital.<\/p>\n
Burkert has been charged with murder, reckless endangering, tampering with evidence, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the slaying. The man\u2019s attorney, Chuck Peruto, has said he intends to argue that Burkert acted in self-defense during the deadly brawl.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re met with deadly force, you can use deadly force,\u201d Peruto told WPVI. \u201cWe will argue in this case that my client was getting choked out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peruto said Burkert thought his life was in danger once Padro put him in a headlock.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he finally broke free, he had enough air to shoot the guy because he couldn\u2019t go through it again,\u201d Peruto continued. \u201cHe didn\u2019t know if the guy was going to choke him again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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But Burkert was barred from possessing a firearm after pleading guilty to a felony drug charge in Pennsylvania two years ago, the Inquirer reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no question in my mind he\u2019s going to pay the penalty for carrying an illegal firearm,\u201d Peruto told WPVI of Burkert.<\/p>\n
Padro\u2019s girlfriend, meanwhile, claims the pair started arguing over a minor parking spat before Burkert \u201cprovoked\u201d him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an altercation over a car door,\u201d Amber McShane told WPVI. \u201cIt was ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n
The squabble was seemingly coming to an end just as the pair went off-camera, McShane said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a fistfight,\u201d McShane said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t anything serious. It happens all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n