Mass stabbing incident at Pilot truck stop in TN

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Three people were stabbed to death and a fourth injured after a man went on a violent spree at a travel center in Tennessee, police said Tuesday.

Officers from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call before 7 a.m. of an incident at the Pilot Travel Center.

The suspect, who police identified as Idris Abdus-Salaam, a 34-year-old truck driver from Durham, N.C., was armed with a knife and refused to drop it even when told by officers to do so. One officer fired shots, striking and killing Abdus-Salaam, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said in a statement.

All three of the victims who died were employees at the travel center, which is headquartered in Knoxville but operates a chain of truck stops in the United States and Canada.

All the victims were female.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee...-kills-suspect

[blues]

That's just awful. Will be interested in finding out what comes to light.

[Hambo]

That's just awful. Will be interested in finding out what comes to light.

Not much because it's buried under Corona news.

[TC215]

Interesting that CNN didn’t use the suspect’s name in their article from this morning.

The suspect was a 33-year-old from Durham, North Carolina. His motive is unknown.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/us/tr...rnd/index.html

[Sauer Koch]

Interesting that CNN didn’t use the suspect’s name in their article from this morning.

...yet, if his name was Frank Smith, it’s a fucking HEADLINE news story!

[TAZ]

Motive unknown. Yeah sure. Crazy fucktard is not unknown.

[Totem Polar]

Interesting that CNN didn’t use the suspect’s name in their article from this morning.



https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/us/tr...rnd/index.html

Unpossible. CNN uses journalists trained to the highest standards of the trade.

[ccmdfd]

...yet, if his name was Frank Smith, it’s a fucking HEADLINE news story!

Possibly

I should note that I loathe CNN. The way the always run an op ed piece as the lead, large banner headline every day drives me nuts.

With that said, we are typically the ones who are always stating that we should not give Mass murderers any notoriety, and should avoid using their names.

Perhaps CNN is listening and change the way they do things.

Or, perhaps not. Only time will tell

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Possibly

I should note that I loathe CNN. The way the always run an op ed piece as the lead, large banner headline every day drives me nuts.

With that said, we are typically the ones who are always stating that we should not give Mass murderers any notoriety, and should avoid using their names.

Perhaps CNN is listening and change the way they do things.

Or, perhaps not. Only time will tell

That's true, but I'm pretty much positive that's not CNN's reasoning.

[Totem Polar]

That's true, but I'm pretty much positive that's not CNN's reasoning.

Fairness dictates noting that there is a lengthy track record backing up your position.