NYPD arrests former Marine school aide for Brooklyn jogger murder
NYPD arrested former Marine and Department of Education employee Sayed Mohassib on a second-degree murder charge for the stabbing death of 28-year-old jogger Katie Suarez on Brooklyn’s Belt Parkway bike path, and city lawmakers called for an investigation into his hiring after learning he had documented mental-health issues. The arrest was made after police linked Mohassib, who had previously served as a rookie NYPD officer, to the crime scene. Earlier reports identified Mohassib as a 27-year-old former NYPD rookie and paraprofessional at P.
S. 200 who had been suspended from his school position. He was charged after the victim’s body was found on the bike path, and the case has drawn attention to the department’s hiring practices.