BATH BEACH, Brooklyn (WABC) — A Brooklyn man has been charged in the killing of 28-year-old Katie Suarezwhose fatal stabbing along the Shore Parkway Greenway left residents shaken and prompted an intensive police investigation.
Sayed Mohassib was escorted out of the 62nd Precinct on Saturday following his arrest in connection with the Oct. 30 killing in Bath Beach.
Suarez was stabbed twice in the neck while out for a run along the Shore Parkway Greenway. Her father found her bleeding in the grass after she failed to arrive for a planned meeting.
For days, investigators appealed to the public for help as they searched for leads in the case without surveillance footage from the attack or eyewitnesses.
Police said detectives later obtained video from the Caesar’s Bay Shopping Center, where Suarez worked at a bank. Investigators said they identified Mohassib in the footage and uncovered additional evidence they believe linked him to the crime scene.
Authorities also recovered a knife from a landfill on Staten Island. Police said Mohassib told detectives he did not remember the killing but recalled being covered in blood.
A review of Mohassib’s employment history revealed he was employed by the New York City Department of Education as a teacher’s aide at P.S. 200 in Bensonhurst and had continued working there in the days following the killing.
State Sen. Stephen Chan expressed concern upon learning of the arrest.
“That is an atrocity on its own. I can’t believe that our our children and our other teachers and staff members was actually in danger all this time,” said Chen.
In a statement, the Department of Education said:
“The safety of our students is our very top priority. We have suspended this individual and will move to terminate employment pending the outcome of the arrest.”
According to police, Mohassib briefly served with the NYPD in 2022 before leaving for the Marines. Investigators said he later sought to return to the police department but was instead referred for a psychological evaluation.
Police also said that in 2024, Mohassib’s mother and sister contacted 911 and reported that he had threatened to “chop them up.”
Neighbors interviewed near Mohassib’s residence described him as respectful, while others said they did not know him.
At a vigil for Suarez on Saturday, mourners expressed relief that an arrest had been made.
“I’m definitely glad that they found him. And it’s a total shame to the family,” said one mourner.
Police said investigators believe the stabbing may have been a random attack. The only known possible connection between Suarez and Mohassib is that both attended Brooklyn College.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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