Chilling photos reveal disturbing tattoos and gun collar on ex-cop turned school aide accused of killing New York jogger

Chilling photos reveal disturbing tattoos on the psychopathic ex-cop accused of fatally stabbing a Brooklyn jogger – but when colleagues at the school where he worked complained to their bosses, they were told they were “racist” and should just stop looking at social media.

At least 10 people have filed complaints with PS 200 officials in Brooklyn about alleged paraprofessional killer Sayed Mohassib since September, including his online tattoo photos, disturbing “blank stare” behavior and showing off his gun collar to young students, sources told The Post.

But the suspect’s concerned colleagues were rebuffed by school administrators and union officials whenever they raised their concerns, sources said.

“They were told to stop being racist and stop looking at Instagram,” sources said.

Some of the recently surfaced photos show the 27-year-old accused killer’s chest covered with a large image of a lightly smiling shark on the right and a menacing tiger’s head on the left.

Beneath this ink are seven tattooed words or phrases, each inscribed in a line along his stomach: “Allah,” the names of two Muslim historical figures, apparently his own name, then “Donald J. Trump,” “The Antichrist,” and “Death.”

Mohassib openly admitted at one point to his colleagues at the school that he suffered from mental health issues and revealed that he was taking medication, according to sources.

He is now accused of going to a popular Bath Beach park in Brooklyn with a knife on the evening of October 30 and randomly killing jogger Katie Suarez, 28.

He then allegedly told detectives that he thought he had to go there with a knife or else “people were going to come and kill his family.”

Before and after the murder – including the week before his arrest – the suspect continued to report to work at the elementary school.

He dressed up as a cop for a school Halloween party, sources said.

The costume was presumably a nod to his brief six-week stint as a cop with the NYPD in 2022.

Cops visited the school Wednesday, with him apparently now in their crosshairs. It was unclear whether they had any interaction with the suspect, sources said.

He did not show up for work Friday, sources said.

He was finally arrested Saturday by police, whose primary detective work involved piecing together video footage from the park and facial recognition technology.

The deeply troubling situation has raised alarming questions about the city Department of Education’s employee selection process, given Mohassib’s apparently disturbing behavior — not to mention the fact that he had previously been kicked out of the Marines and barred from joining the NYPD after his brief service due to mental issues.

He had left the NYPD to join the Marine Corps — only to be kicked out of the service a month later due to concerns about his mental health, sources said.

He attempted to return to the NYPD but was turned away, also due to disturbing behavior, which ended up landing him at Bellevue Hospital for a psychological evaluation, sources said.

Mohassib was also involved in a 2024 incident in which cops responded to his Bensonhurst home following reports that he threatened to “cut up” his family — the same year he is listed as working as a paraprofessional for the DOE, according to sources.

Mohassib worked part-time starting last March at PS 200, which he attended as a student, until getting a full-time job as a paraprofessional in September, sources said. Her sister also works there as a paraprofessional, sources said.

The siblings’ aunt is a vice principal at another school in the city, sources said.

School employees have been warned not to speak to the media about the matter, with officials saying they are worried about being sued over the debacle, sources said.

A DOE representative told the Post that school job applicants are subject to a “fingerprint-supported background” check, but that federal law prohibits the department from inquiring about mental health history, much less whether an applicant is being treated for it.

The ministry said it relies on the job seeker to self-declare “adverse prior employment” or “adverse military service.”

The department did not immediately respond to The Post’s questions about the extent of its vetting process or details of how Mohassib got his job despite all the deeply troubling red flags.

“The man accused of murdering Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez worked as a teacher’s aide at a New York City public school, despite failing psychological evaluations by the military and NYPD,” City Councilman Frank Morano told X after the arrest.

“How did the DOE hire him? I demand answers and pursue legislation to strengthen the hiring,” Morano said.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said a grand jury voted Tuesday to indict Mohassib on second-degree murder charges in Suarez’s death.

The accused murderer, who was held without bail, failed to appear in court Tuesday with his attorney, who requested that his client be remanded in custody and receive medical treatment.

“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 achieving justice, and I commend the NYPD for their swift and thorough investigation. »

Additional reporting by Fenix ​​Suriel and Kyle Schnitzer