NYPD Arrests DOE Employee In Stabbing Death Of Brooklyn Jogger
New York City police on Saturday arrested 27-year-old PS 200 teacher's aide Sayed Mohassib and charged him with murder in the stabbing death of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez along the Shore Parkway greenway.[1]
Police said Mohassib, a Brooklyn resident, faces counts of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the October 30 attack in Gravesend that left the 28-year-old Suarez fatally wounded.[1]
Suarez was stabbed in the neck while jogging on the popular waterfront path on the evening of October 30 and later died at a hospital, an apparently random killing that rattled residents who use the Shore Parkway greenway and intensified pressure on police to identify a suspect. Local elected officials have since demanded answers about how Mohassib, described as an ex-Marine discharged on psychiatric grounds, came to work around children as a paraprofessional at the Gravesend elementary school PS 200.
The Department of Education has suspended Mohassib and said it will seek to fire him, while city and state lawmakers are calling for a full review of the vetting that allowed a former NYPD field trainee with a documented psychiatric discharge from the Marines to be hired and retained in a school job. Officials say that investigation will look at how much information different agencies shared about his background and whether any red flags were missed or ignored in the rush to staff classrooms amid ongoing shortages of support personnel.
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- Katie Suarez, 28, was stabbed in the neck while jogging along the Shore Parkway greenway in Brooklyn on the evening of October 30, 2026, and later died at a hospital.
- On November 7, 2026, NYPD announced the arrest of 27-year-old Brooklyn resident Sayed Mohassib, charging him with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon.
- Mohassib worked as a teacher's aide at PS 200 and previously served as an NYPD field trainee in 2022; the NYC Department of Education has suspended him and will seek to terminate his employment.
- Local elected officials are calling for a full investigation into how Mohassib, described as an ex-Marine discharged on psychiatric grounds, was hired and retained in a public school position.
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