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2020 Knoxville stabbing
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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. Stabbing 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. The fourth victim, who is unnamed, was a customer of the truck stop and was hospitalized, and later released. 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. Response See Also
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