DOE school aide charged with murder in stabbing of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez, sources say
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NYC school aide arrested and charged with murder after allegedly stabbing 28-year-old jogger Katie Suarez to death in Brooklyn.

Police arrested a New York City Department of Education school aide on Saturday for allegedly attacking 28-year-old jogger Katie Suarez while she was on a run along the Shore Parkway Greenway in Bath Beach, according to police and sources.

Sayed Mohassib, 27, is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon. Sources close to the investigation told News 12 that Mohassib briefly served as an NYPD officer and in the United States military.

According to the NYPD, Mohassib allegedly stabbed Suarez in the neck multiple times on the evening of Oct. 30. Paramedics rushed her to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in critical condition. Police say Suarez died from her injuries two days later.