Four Stabbed in Bar Ruckus in Ocean Beach

Four San Diego men were stabbed at an Ocean Beach bar late Thursday, and police are still searching for the perpetrators, a police spokesman said.

A fight broke out sometime after midnight at the Texas Teahouse on Voltaire Street after the bartender asked two men to leave because they reportedly were harassing a female patron.

Police Lt. Roy Blackledge identified the victims as Tom Courtney, 59, of Golden Hill, a musician who suffered multiple stab wounds; Mark Paasche, 34, of Ocean Beach, a nightclub employee who was stabbed in his left palm; Gary Faahs, 33, of Ocean Beach, a welder who was stabbed and bitten on his wrists when he grabbed the knife away from the attacker; and Nic Rusnak, 25, of Ocean Beach, a student, who was stabbed in his lower back.

The victims were taken to UCSD Medical Center for treatment, and all were released except Rusnak, who was admitted for overnight observation, Blackledge said.