Police seek public's help on Thanksgiving Day stabbing outside Greensburg tavern

Police are seeking the public’s help with the investigation of a stabbing on Thanksgiving morning at the The Rialto Bar & Bistro in downtown Greensburg.

Anyone who was in the area of West Otterman Street and North Pennsylvania Avenue and recorded video of the incident on their mobile device is asked to contact the detective bureau at 724-834-3800. Any information provided will remain confidential, police said.

One person was taken to the hospital after the 1:40 a.m. stabbing, Greensburg police said.

Anthony J. Sharp, 21, of Jeannette admitted to stabbing the man after getting into an altercation with him inside tavern, according to investigators.

Police said the two men were acquaintances and the wounded man had been stabbed six or seven times.

A witness identified Sharp as the assailant, police said, and he had blood on his clothing.

Police said the man left the Rialto with his group, and Sharp “followed and escalated the situation outside.”

Police did not release any additional details about the incident, but the business’ social media page advertised a “Thanksgiving Eve Party” from 11 a.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday with a DJ, food and drinks. Customers were offered a free Jell-O shot if they took a selfie and posted it on social media.

The stabbing was at least the second time police have been called to the business this year. In January, two men were shot outside the bar after a fight began inside between Evan R. Curley, 24, of Greensburg and Stevin German, 28, of Uniontown, police said.

In that incident, Greensburg police said, video from the bar showed the pair arguing two times inside before they went outside to their vehicles, retrieved guns and began firing at each other.

Officers said at least nine shots were fired. Police said Curley fired two rounds, including one that hit a bystander in the buttocks, while German fired seven shots. Curley suffered gunshot wounds to both legs.

Curley and German are charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. They are in jail in lieu of $250,000 bond each as they await trial, which is scheduled to begin in December.