School aide who briefly served as NYPD officer arrested in fatal stabbing of Brooklyn jogger

A public school employee who briefly served as an NYPD officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old female jogger in Brooklyn last week, an apparently random attack.Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested Saturday in the death of Katie Suarez, who was attacked Oct.30 on the Belt Parkway bike path.

Mohassib told investigators he had been walking along the path with a knife, police said.He told investigators he blacked out and was covered in blood when he regained awareness, according to law enforcement sources.Suarez was stabbed at least two times in the neck and was rushed to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries days later.Detectives used surveillance footage from the area to help identify Mohassib as a suspect.Security cameras also captured him dumping bags of garbage near his home the night of the killing.

A search was underway at a sanitation facility for any evidence that may have been discarded.Suarez was supposed to meet her parents after her run.Her father found her after searching for her when she never arrived.

Kyle Mazza / NurPhoto via APMohassib spent about a month with the NYPD beginning in October 2022 before asking to be reassigned to the military, where he was removed because of mental health issues, according to a law enforcement source familiar with his background.In January 2023, the NYPD denied his request to be reinstated.The source said he was taken to the psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital after exhibiting strange behavior when he tried to get his job back in person.For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERSEurope swaps flattery for firmness as Trump teases ‘big’ security dealFOR SUBSCRIBERSJohnny Depp’s comeback tests Hollywood’s appetite for second chancesFOR SUBSCRIBERSIsrael mired in uncertainty and acrimony after contentious voteFOR SUBSCRIBERSIt’s the NFL’s midway point.

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