A New York City mother says she's in 'deep pain' after her son was arrested over the stabbing murder of a female jogger.
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Fatma Mohassib shared her disbelief and defended her son, Sayed Mohassib, 27, after he was arrested for allegedly stabbing Katie Suarez, 28, in the neck multiple times.
Suarez was training for the NYC marathon on October 30 when she was suddenly attacked near the Shore Parkway in Bath Beach, police said.
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The bank teller was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital in critical condition, where she was declared brain dead.
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she → rush → condition
Sayed, a former NYPD officer who was thrown out of the Marines for being psychologically unfit, was arrested on Saturday at his family home in Bensonhurst.
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After hearing about her son's alleged crimes, Fatma told WABC: 'I'm in deep pain, I'm in deep trouble.
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I hope everything will go OK.'
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The suspect's mother, who asked to remain off camera, then shared why she believes her son is an 'excellent boy.'
'He's a black belt, he goes to Boy Scouts all his life, goes to the mosque all his life, he goes to Brooklyn College, the team basketball, excellent boy,' she said.
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Katie Suarez, 28, died after being stabbed in the neck multiple times while out on a job near the Shore Parkway in Bath Beach on October 30
Her alleged killer has been identified as Sayed Mohassib, 27.
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killer → die → Mohassib
His mother, Fatma Mohassib, said she is in 'deep pain' after his arrest on Saturday
Authorities said that surveillance footage placed Sayed near the scene of the fatal attack before and after Suarez was stabbed.
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He told detectives that he ventured out to the park that day because he thought 'people were going to come and kill his family,' according to court documents reviewed by the outlet.
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Sayed then told police that once he neared the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, he 'sat down on a bench' and 'became covered in blood,' records stated.
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He also told authorities that when he made it back home, 'he got rid of the bloody clothing' and 'the knife.'
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Sayed also admitted to trying to clean up blood that got into his apartment.
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The alleged killer then shared that he threw the items down a garbage chute, which is located across from the family's apartment unit - the same location his mom and sister called from in 2024 after he allegedly threatened to 'chop them up,' WABC stated.
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But Fatma has denied that allegation.
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'He never attacked me, never attacked his sister, never attacked anyone in the neighborhood,' she insisted.
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Suarez was declared brain dead after the stabbing and remained on life support while doctors harvested her organs.
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She donated her pancreas, liver, kidneys, and heart, which saved five lives this week
An NYPD officer places an evidence marker at the scene where Suarez was killed.
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It was the young woman’s father who had gone out looking for her when he came across his critically injured daughter bleeding out in the nearby grassy area
She did acknowledge concerns about her son's mental health, and shared that he had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals, with his longest stay lasting two months, Fatma said.
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His mother also shared her grief for the victim's family and loved ones.
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'My heart goes deep to the mother and the father.
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Just, we both lost, you lost your daughter, I lost my son,' Fatma stated.
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Suarez was declared brain dead after the stabbing and remained on life support while doctors harvested her organs, the New York Post previously reported.
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She donated her pancreas, liver, kidneys, and heart, which saved five lives this week.
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Investigators initially explored a possible link between him and the victim because they both attended Brooklyn College, but the NYPD told the Daily Mail it doesn’t appear they were connected or knew each other.
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Sayed briefly served in the agency before he was discharged from the Marines, according to the outlet.
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After leaving the Marines, he tried to rejoin the police force but was denied and joined the Department of Education as a teacher’s aide at PS 200 in Bensonhurst.
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NYPD detectives work the scene where Suarez was fatally stabbed in the neck multiple times
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The New York City Department of Education has since issued a statement confirming his suspension and that it will move to terminate his employment pending the outcome of the conviction.
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After his arrest, Sayed emerged from the Bensonhurst police station in handcuffs.
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He was expressionless as officers led him away.
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Sayed has been charged with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon.
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He was ordered held in custody and is due back in court on November 10.
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Meanwhile, Suarez’s family, friends and community remain devastated by the loss.
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Her mother, Yasira Suarez, confirmed her daughter had passed several days after the attack.
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We’re all destroyed,’ she said, adding, ‘You took an angel.’
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It was the young woman’s father who had gone out looking for her when he came across his critically injured daughter bleeding out in the nearby grassy area.
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The case remains under investigation.
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