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New York · 8 November 2026 · abc7ny.com

City schools employee charged with murder of Brooklyn jogger

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Police arrested a 27-year-old Department of Education employee and charged him with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old jogger on a Brooklyn running path. He was suspended and lawmakers demand a review of his hiring.

The NYPD arrested a 27-year-old city schools employee and charged him with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Katie Suarez, 28, a jogger attacked on a Brooklyn running path along the Belt Parkway. Authorities have said the attack appears to have been random. The Department of Education suspended the man immediately and said he would be terminated pending a conviction. Local lawmakers are demanding a full investigation into the circumstances of his hiring. He is accused, and the case has not been decided in court.

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