2020 Knox County stabbing
| 2020 Knox County stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | 7210 Strawberry Plains Pike Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
| Coordinates | 35°59′57″N 83°46′40.5″W / 35.99917°N 83.777917°W |
| Date | 7 April 2020 c. 7 a.m. (UTC-4:00) |
| Target | Truck stop patrons |
Attack type | Mass stabbing, mass murder |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Idris Abdus-Salaam |
The 2020 Knox County stabbing occurred on April 7, 2020, shortly before 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, when Idris Abdus-Salaam stabbed three women to death and injured a fourth at a Pilot truck stop a few miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee, located at 7210 Strawberry Plains Pike. Abdus-Salaam was then shot and killed by a responding police officer on the scene.