Posted on 04/07/2020 8:04:41 PM PDT by Main Street
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A stabbing suspect who was shot and killed after fatally stabbing three women and hospitalizing a fourth at a Knoxville truck stop early Tuesday has been identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The deceased suspect, Idris Abdus-Salaam, 33, was a truck driver from Durham, North Carolina.
The three deceased victims were all employed at the Pilot Travel Center on Strawberry Plains Pike. They have been identified as:
Joyce Whaley, 57 Patricia Denise Nibbe, 51 Nettie R. Spencer, 41
The fourth victim, who was a customer and has not been identified, remains hospitalized.
The report of a stabbing at the truck stop at 7210 Strawberry Plains Pike was made just before 7 a.m.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed three female victims were fatally stabbed and another woman was transported to a nearby hospital.
The condition of the hospitalized individual is unknown at the time.
The stabbing suspect, Abdus-Salaam, was shot and killed by law enforcement, TBI spokesperson Leslie Earhart said. Idris Abdus-Salaam of Durham, North Carolina. Abdus-Salaam is alleged to have fatally stabbed three workers at a Pilot Travel Center in East Knox County and injuring a customer before being shot and killed by a Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy.. (WNCN photo)
Upon arrival, officers observed at least one person with stab wounds outside of the store. A man, armed with a knife and identified by witnesses as the suspect, was also observed in the parking lot.
Officers confronted the individual who refused to drop the weapon. At some point during the encounter, one of the officers fired shots, striking the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pilot Company CEO Jimmy Haslam confirmed in a statement that all three victims were Pilot employees.
“Today is a difficult day for the Pilot Company family. We are devastated to confirm the loss of three team members and the injury of a guest after an act of violence at our Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, location this morning. It is with heavy hearts that we extend our deepest sympathy to the families and loved ones of the victims. We are providing support and counseling to the families and our team. We are working closely with local authorities. Please keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.” Pilot Company CEO Jimmy Haslam
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will launch a probe into the officer-involved shooting. Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen released a statement about the decision for the TBI to take over the investigation.
“Historically, our policy has been for KPD to investigate any KCSO officer-involved shooting and KCSO to investigate any KPD officer-involved shooting. TBI has always investigated all in-custody deaths of inmates for our jurisdiction. Recently, in order to have uniform consistency in the investigation of these incidents, Chief Thomas, Sheriff Spangler, and I have discussed using the TBI for all officer-involved shootings. We have decided to follow the majority of our colleagues across the state, and I will now request that TBI conduct all of our officer-involved shootings for both KPD and KCSO.” Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen
Watch TBI Public Information Officer Leslie Earhart’s full update from the scene here:
This is a developing story and we’ll continue to update the details as they become available.
I probably shoulda said “ventilated”.
One Muslim Black Guy in five minutes killed 3/4 as many retail employees as the Chinese CoronaVirus has in a month and THAT was the was top story on all three networks tonight.
Nothing to see here, move along. The IG said hospitals didn’t have equipment 3 weeks ago.
3 human lives taken...
Congratulations on an epic ambivalent topic slide in nine posts.
(Sadly, that’s hardly a record these days, here at FR).
SMH
Let me guess? Three died of Covid19.
Bring out the usual “We will probably never know his true motive” canned statement.
Some posts are triggering.
I’m guessing the victims weren’t wearing burkas.
Along with the "Muslims Fear Backlash" articles.
Someday, that “backlash” they warn us about might just really happen.
Someday America might get enough of this alien religion that the GOPe and Dems have jointly rammed down out throats.
So, four more deaths for the media to add to the Corona Virus tallies, huh?
It has way stouter parts than the Willys Wagons [which I like better from a design[styling] viewpoint].
"Alleged" human being...
Like every other follower of Islam, the pit bulls of society needing to be put down...
So, four more deaths for the media to add to the Corona Virus tallies, huh?
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Well, three humans and a muslim.
I wonder if any of those nice ladies stabbed to death by a moslem psycho, not understanding why he shoved a knife into their guts one morning, were fans of 70’s and 80’s classic Jeep SUVs? /s
blacks and mslims scream all the time about being the victims of racism yet the vast majority of racial and relgious violence is committed by blacks and muslims against Whites and Christians.
Probably not.
However, any post containing “SJ” is a trigger.
YMMV.
Goodness. Prayers for the innocent’s families.
We really don’t need the rats here. Thankfully Trump is trying to stop bringing all the 3rd world untamed animals to the USA.
He’s a left over obama pos.
No... it’s not triggering for me, after all- it’s the wild west out here on the World Wide Web.
In the early days of the “Internet” circa 1998, I made the mistake of going to a crime scenes website. I’ll spare you the details.
I’m not trying to be a thread cop, or moral arbiter... just noting that we (humans) are a jaded bunch, which in comparison to the overall behavior of mankind, probably makes us wimps, or perhaps better stated- makes me a wimp.
My thoughts were with the victims and saddened by their demise , as they were productively employed, minding their own business, when they were slain by a Muslim wanna’ be, hopped up on jihad, “likely” in the country legally, either, or- home grown / imported, and no fault of the murdered staff.
Extrapolate all of the killed babies due to abortion over the past fifty years or so, and America collectively (& FR) will be in the jaded place that we are at today. Death / murder is so passe’.
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