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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA — Woman, 28, Training for NYC Marathon Stabbed in Neck on Bike Path
A 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the neck while jogging on the waterfront bike path near Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, just after 8 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026. Police sources say her father, whom she had planned to meet, found her. She was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in critical condition. Sayed Mohassib, 27, a former NYPD officer, was arrested on November 7 and charged with second-degree murder. He was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court and ordered held without bail.
- Date
- October 30, 2026
- Location
- Waterfront bike path near Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue, Bath Beach
- Victims
- Katie Suarez, 28, a runner training for the New York City Marathon
- Suspect
- Sayed Mohassib, 27, former NYPD officer — arrested and charged with murder
- Stage
- CHARGED
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CORRECTION What changed: Attacker is no longer at large: Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested November 7 and charged with second-degree murder, then arraigned and held without bail. Title, suspect and victim strips, and summary updated.
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Update #4 — Correction: Attacker is no longer at large: Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested November 7 and charged with second-degree murder, then arraigned and held without bail. Title, suspect and victim
Correction: Attacker is no longer at large: Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested November 7 and charged with second-degree murder, then arraigned and held without bail. Title, suspect and victim strips, and summary updated.
Attacker is no longer at large: Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested November 7 and charged with second-degree murder, then arraigned and held without bail. Title, suspect and victim strips, and summary updated. -
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Update #3 — Mohassib arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court; held without bail, due back November 10
Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Saturday, November 7, on charges including second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Katie Suarez, 28. Judge John McPadden ordered Mohassib held without bail. He is due back in court on November 10. Police say Mohassib admitted stabbing Suarez on the Shore Parkway Greenway on October 30 and was tracked on video leaving the scene for his Bensonhurst home. -
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Update #2 — Former NYPD officer arrested and charged with murder in Shore Parkway stabbing
Katie Suarez, 28, died on November 2 after being stabbed in the neck while jogging on the Shore Parkway Greenway in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, on October 30, 2026. Former NYPD officer Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested on November 7 and charged with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon. Police say he admitted stabbing her and tracked him on video leaving Shore Parkway for his Bensonhurst home. -
Police at the Bath Beach bike path crime scene on Friday night. Photo: CBS News New York BREAKING
Update #1 — Runner Declared Brain Dead; Police Sources Name Her as Katie Suarez
Police sources told the New York Post on Saturday that the 28-year-old runner has been declared brain dead, which means doctors found no brain activity and she is not expected to recover. The sources named her as Katie Suarez. Detectives from the 62nd Precinct are still looking for whoever attacked her, and no one has been arrested. Watch the video: https://abc7ny.com/post/woman-critical-being-stabbed-neck-jog-brooklyn/20002019/ (Video: ABC7 New York)
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