NYC Employee Charged with Murder Following Fatal Stabbing of Brooklyn Jogger Katie Suarez
NYPD arrests Sayed Mohassib in connection with the brutal random stabbing of 28-year-old Katie Suarez on a popular Brooklyn running path.
POLICY WIRE — New York, New York — A week-long search for a violent attacker ended Saturday after city police arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Brooklyn jogger.
The suspect, identified as Sayed Mohassib, has been charged with second-degree murder in the attack that took of Katie Suarez.
Suarez, a 28-year-old woman, was brutally attacked last week while she was out on a popular local promenade.
Sources close to the investigation indicated that the suspect was found covered in blood when he was taken into custody.
>p>Mohassib is employed as a substitute school aide within the New York City Department of Education.
The assault appears to have been random, with the victim suffering a severe stab wound to the neck during her run.
On Tuesday, Suarez’s mother confirmed that her daughter had succumbed to her injuries.
In an emotional statement directed toward the accused, the mother confronted him directly, stating that he had taken a life from her.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
