School District Gives The Middle Finger To “See Something, Say Something,” Which Ends In Murder
A school board in Brooklyn has some questions that need to be answered after hiring a man with known mental problems who ended up stabbing a jogger to death on October 30th.
The murder, Sayed Mohassib was working as a teachers aid at PS 200 school which is just three blocks away from where they found the victim, 28-year-old Katie Suarez, who was running as part of her training for the New York City Marathon along a waterfront promenade in the Gravesend area of Brooklyn.
Mohassib had a history of mental health issues. He joined the NYPD in October 2022 but left just six weeks later to enlist in the Marines. He was discharged from the Marines later that same year for being psychologically unfit.
After his discharge, he tried to regain his position with the NYPD; however, supervisors denied his request after observing that he appeared disheveled and displayed concerning behavior. Instead of taking him back, the NYPD sent him to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
So, the NYPD didn’t want him, the Marines didn’t want anything to do with him, but the school district decided he’d be perfect for working alongside kids.
In what may be the most horrifyingly ironic part of the story, parents had complained about his social media posts. According to sources, at least ten complaints were filed against Mohassib with officials at the school where he worked, since September. The complaints include issues related to his tattoos that he shared online, his display of a gun necklace to students, and his “blank stare” demeanor.
The sources told the New York Post that school officials brushed the concerns off, saying that those concerned “were told to stop being racist and stop looking at Instagram.”
A photo captured Mohassib posing while showcasing the tattoos on his torso. He has a shark and a tiger inked across his chest, and his stomach features a list of names. At the top of the list is “Allah,” followed by two notable Muslim historical figures, which appear to include his own name. The list then continues with “Donald J. Trump,” “The Antichrist,” and “Death.”
So much for “See something, Say something.” Ten complaints that the school ignored.
During her run, Suarez was stabbed twice in the neck. In a horrifying twist, she had been talking with her dad just minutes before she was attacked. He then went to the scene and found his mortally wounded daughter; he then asked a passing cyclist to call 911.
Before he murdered Suarez, he already had additional history with the NYPD. In 2024, officers were called to his home where his sister and mother told them that he had “threatened to chop them up.”
Surveillance footage showed Mohassib returning to his Bensonhurst apartment covered in blood. When questioned by police, he stated that he had tried to clean blood splatters off the walls of his bedroom. He claimed that he had blacked out while walking and, upon regaining consciousness, noticed blood on his clothing.
While in custody, the deranged misfit reportedly told the police that he carried a knife to the park because “people were going to come and kill his family.”
In the too-little, too-late category, and not wanting to miss an opportunity to grandstand, Mayor Mamdani ordered a review of how Mohassib was able to work in a school setting.
“I have directed my team to conduct a full review of this matter, underlying the importance of the fact that nothing is more paramount than the safety of our students, and we know that when it comes to this specific case, New York City public schools have suspended the individual and are moving to terminate his employment pending the outcome of this case.”
Pending the outcome of the case? Fire his mentally disturbed ass now. He should never have been hired in the first place.
On Tuesday, City Council Member Kayla Santosuosso and State Senator Andrew Gounardes advocated for more streetlights along the promenade.
“The truth is that we don’t know if better lighting would have prevented what happened to Suarez, but the possibility that it could have is enough.”
A reconstruction plan for the Bay Ridge section of the promenade is currently in the design phase. Local officials are calling for the project to include additional lighting along more areas of the promenade. The project has already secured $50 million in funding from both state and city sources.
Gounardes added:
“We calculated that there is a 1.3-mile stretch of this promenade that is completely dark. There is no lighting, and you’re too far from the highway to have any secondary light effects to shine the path that people are using.”
Officials said they sent a letter to the city’s Department of Transportation days before Suarez was killed, noting that 137 streetlights needed repairs across Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.
“We want to see quick repairs on our streets and on streets across the city because it’s pretty simple,” Santosuosso said. “It’s safer if you can see.”
No kidding. Unfortunately, it takes a tragedy sometimes for improvements to be made. Lighting aside, this lunatic should never have been working at the school. That is flat-out incompetence, and heads need to roll so this never happens again.
