Ottobar Employee Killed in Stabbing

FROM ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES. AND A DOUBLE STABBING AT A POPULAR BALTIMORE BAR LEAVES ONE PERSON DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED AND POLICE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. THAT IS OUR BIG STORY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE STABBINGS HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE OTTOBAR, A MUSIC VENUE ON NORTH HOWARD STREET. AND AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE RUN TONIGHT. 11 NEWS REPORTER KAREN CAMPBELL IS LIVE IN NORTH BALTIMORE WITH MORE. KAREN. THE MAN WHO DIED WORKED JUST HERE BEHIND ME. WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE GO IN AND OUT OF THE POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT VENUE BUT CAME EARLIER TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. I REACHED OUT TO THE FAMILY BY PHONE AND THEY CANNOT IMAGINE WHY ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO HARM HIM. THIS WAS THE SCENE OUTSIDE OF THE OTTOBAR ALONG NORTH HOWARD STREET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FLOWERS DECORATE THE FRONT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE TO HONOR TOM MALENSKI, AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH BEFORE 2 A.M. FRIDAY. AFTER IT HAPPENED, POLICE SAY SOMEONE QUICKLY FLAGGED DOWN OFFICERS. OUR OFFICERS LOCATED TWO VICTIMS. ONE HAD LACERATIONS TO HIS FACE. THE SECOND WAS STABBED IN THE NECK. MALENSKI DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. THE SECOND VICTIM WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM A HOSPITAL. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT STARTED THE INCIDENT OR IF MALENSKI AND THE OTHER VICTIM KNEW THEIR ATTACKER. POLICE SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT. JEREMIAH LEONARD SAYS HE FREQUENTS THE OTTOBAR AND MET MALENSKI A FEW TIMES. LEONARD SAYS HE WAS A BOUNCER THERE. IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THAT HAPPENED. I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. THEY ALL TALK TO YOU. I MEAN, YOU'D NEVER EXPECT ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN SOME CRAZY PEOPLE COME IN BUT, I MEAN, NEVER THAT. ACCORDING TO MALENSKI'S FACEBOOK PAGE, THIS WAS THE LAST POST HE WROTE ON THURSDAY. IN IT HE WRITES -- "THIS CITY AND COMMUNITY ARE AMAZING." HE ALSO WRITES -- "I LOVE, RESPECT AND CARE FOR ALL THAT ARE IN MY LIFE." JOHN GRANT LIVES BEHIND THE OTTOBAR. WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE AT NIGHT, THEY DON'T GO STRAIGHT HOME. THEY GO TO THE PARKING LOT, FINISH DRINKING AND MAKE NOISE. I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR MALENSKI. ENVISION THIS VICTIM AS BEING YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, YOUR BROTHER, YOUR UNCLE, YOUR FATHER, YOUR SON. IF SOMEONE ELSE HAD INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO REACH OUT AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE PLEADING WITH CITIZENS TO REACH OUT TO US. POLICE ARE ENCOURAGING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THEM. YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. THAT NUMBER IS 410-396-2100.