2020 Knoxville stabbing
The 2020 Knoxville Stabbing occurred on April 7, 2020, shortly before 7 am Eastern Standard Time. A stabbing attack occurred at a Pilot truck stop in the Strawberry Plains area of Knoxville, Tennessee. Three people were killed in the attack, and one was injured. The perpetrator, 33 year old Idris Abdus-Salaam, a truck driver from Durham, North Carolina, was fatally shot by Knox County sheriff's deputies at the scene of the attack shortly thereafter. The attack is currently under investigation.[1]
Stabbing[edit]
Abdus-Salaam, a 33 year old from Durham, North Carolina, reportedly arrived at a Pilot Travel Center off Interstate 40 in Knox County, around 11 miles east of Knoxville, shortly before 7 a.m. EST. He proceed to stab three employees at the truck stop: Joyce Whaley, 57; Patricia Denise Nibbe, 51; and Nettie R. Spencer, 41; all died at the scene.[2] The fourth victim, who is unnamed, was a customer of the truck stop and was hospitalized, and later released.[3] They were reportedly targeted both inside and outside the store. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has offered no motive for the stabbings. Abdus-Salaam refused to drop the knife upon arrival of the officers, one of whom then fired several rounds.[4]
Response[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Hickman, Hayes (April 8, 2020). "Three women killed, one injured in stabbing at Tennessee truck stop". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ "Driver fatally stabs 3 at Tennessee truck stop before he's killed by deputy". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ "Victim injured in Pilot stabbing released from hospital". WVLT-TV. Knoxville, Tennessee. 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ Vigdor, Neil (2020-04-07). "3 Killed and 1 Wounded in Tennessee Truck Stop Stabbing Spree". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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