PHILADELPHIA - The attorney for a man charged in a shooting death outside a well-known Philadelphia cheesesteak shop last week says he will argue that his client acted in self-defense.Defense attorney A.
Charles Peruto Jr. said Monday that 36-year-old Paul Burkert of Reading was being "getting pummeled" before the shooting early Thursday outside Pat's King of Steaks in south Philadelphia.Burkert is charged with murder, reckless endangering, evidence-tampering, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the shooting death of 23-year-old David Padro of Camden, New Jersey.Peruto said his client was left with cuts on his face and his own blood in his hair, face, chest and clothing.