Victims ID’d in double fatal shooting outside Bucks County pub; suspect called 911, police say

Two men were shot and killed late Friday night in the parking lot of Steam Pub, a well-known Bucks County bar and grill, and the incident was called into 911 by the suspected shooter, among others, authorities said.

Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck identified the victims as Steven A. Panebianco, 30, of Bensalem, and Raymond A. Farrell IV, 28, of Philadelphia. Autopsies are scheduled for Sunday.

Around 11:30 p.m. Friday, authorities said, police responded to numerous calls that multiple people had been shot and that a large crowd had gathered outside the restaurant — a converted train station in one of several shopping centers along Second Street Pike in Upper Southampton Township.

A law enforcement official confirmed that Panebianco and Farrell were seen leaning on a parked vehicle in the parking lot when the shooting occurred, but provided no other information, including whether the shooter was inside the vehicle.

A third shooting victim, a 24-year-old man, was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement Saturday morning by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. His identity has not been released.

Among “numerous” calls to 911 was one placed by someone identifying himself as the shooter, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He remained on the scene until police arrived and was taken into custody, the DA’s Office said. Authorities did not identity the man and have not made any arrests.

The shooting is the first recorded homicide in the township since 2010.

Detectives recovered a firearm at the scene and are reviewing surveillance video and trying to obtain additional video.

According to the Steam Pub website, a band was scheduled to play live inside at about the same time that the shooting was reported. The pub-style venue was converted into a bar and restaurant from an old train station in 2012. It is adjacent to a shopping center anchored by an Oskar Huber furniture store, just off busy Street Road.

No one answered the phone Saturday afternoon at the Steam Pub.

A person who answered the phone at Oskar Huber but would not give their name said that the store was closed at the time of the shooting and that hopefully it was an isolated incident that “will never happen again.”

In the township’s 2010 homicide, Annie Huynh, a 30-year-old Philadelphia woman, was found strangled Nov. 8 inside the nail salon she owned, Kim’s Nails, in the Pike Plaza Shopping Center on Second Street Pike. Thuy Van Vo, an acquaintance who helped Huynh in the business and her personal life and was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the salon, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Anyone with information about Friday’s shooting is urged to call the Upper Southampton Township Police Department at 215-364-5000, ext. 115.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.