Former NYPD Officer Sayed Mohassib Indicted for Murder of Brooklyn Jogger Katie Suarez

A Brooklyn grand jury has officially indicted former NYPD officer Sayed Mohassib on a charge of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of jogger Katie Suarez. Prosecutors announced the indictment just hours after telling Judge Christopher Whitehair that a grand jury had not yet returned one.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the indictment Tuesday, Nov. 10, before 1 p.m., following a brief hearing earlier that morning in Kings County court.

Credit: District Attorney Kings County

Mohassib, 27, was not present when his case was called around 11 a.m. His attorney, Edward James Mandery, waived his appearance, and prosecutors informed the court that the grand jury had not yet returned an indictment.

Mandery again requested protective custody and medical treatment for his client. As he left the courtroom, Mandery was asked by Los Angeles Magazine whether Mohassib was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. He declined to comment.

With no indictment returned at the time, the next hearing was tentatively scheduled for Feb. 16, 2027. But less than two hours later, Gonzalez announced that a grand jury had voted to indict Mohassib on a top count of second-degree murder. It should be unsealed in the coming weeks.

“Katie Suarez was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her, brutally taken from her loved ones in a senseless act of violence,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “Today’s indictment marks an important step toward securing justice and I commend the NYPD for its swift and thorough investigation. We will vigorously prosecute this case to seek the full accountability that justice demands.”

As previously reported by Los Angeles Magazine, Suarez, 28, was jogging along the Shore Parkway waterfront path near Bay 17th Street in Brooklyn on Oct. 30 when she was attacked. Her father found her after she failed to return from her run, after speaking to her only minutes earlier. She tragically died Nov. 2 from a stab wound to the neck.

Mohassib allegedly told investigators he had brought a knife to the waterfront path because he believed people were going to kill his family, per the criminal complaint. He denied stabbing anyone but admitted to getting rid of his bloody clothes and a knife while attempting to clean blood from his apartment.

Mohassib, who previously served briefly with the NYPD and later worked as a school aide at P.S. 200 in Brooklyn, was arrested Nov. 7. He pleaded not guilty at his initial arraignment and was ordered held without bail.

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced he will be arraigned on the indictment at a later date.

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