Police continued searching for an attacker after 28-year-old Katie Suarez was stabbed while running along the Shore Parkway Greenway.
NEW YORK — A 28-year-old woman was declared brain dead after she was stabbed while jogging along a Brooklyn waterfront path Friday night, according to police sources cited by the New York Post, as investigators continued searching for the person responsible.
Katie Suarez was running along the Shore Parkway Greenway in the Bath Beach area shortly after 8 p.m. Oct. 30 when she suffered multiple stab wounds to the neck, police said. She was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in critical condition. Police sources later told the Post that Suarez had been declared brain dead Saturday. Public NYPD statements reviewed Sunday did not announce an arrest, identify a suspect or establish a motive.
The NYPD said the attack happened near Shore Parkway and Bay 17th Street as Suarez was jogging eastbound on the greenway. Earlier local reports placed the police response near Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue, a nearby section of the waterfront route. Investigators spent Saturday searching the area and seeking evidence that could help establish who attacked Suarez and why.
Police sources told several news organizations that Suarez had been training for the New York City Marathon. Her father went looking for her after she did not return and found her along the path, according to reports citing police sources. The attack occurred two days before the marathon was scheduled to bring thousands of runners through the city Sunday.
Authorities have not publicly described a confrontation that preceded the stabbing. A police source told the Post that investigators believed the attack appeared to be random, while other local reports said the motive remained unknown. Police had not released a description or photograph of a suspect as of the latest reports reviewed, and no arrest had been announced.
The investigation brought a large police response to the waterfront corridor. NYPD specialty units, including aviation, K-9, drone and scuba teams, were deployed as investigators searched for evidence. Detectives also canvassed for surveillance video that might show Suarez or another person on the path before or after the attack.
The stabbing unsettled residents and runners who regularly use the greenway along the Brooklyn waterfront. Several people interviewed by local television stations said portions of the route can be dark at night and expressed concern about safety after the attack. State Sen. Steven Chan, a former NYPD sergeant, told ABC7 New York that he wanted additional lighting and other safety improvements considered for the area.
Neighbors told the Post that Suarez worked at a local bank and remembered her as quiet, kind and strongly connected to her family. Residents who said they knew her described her and her partner as respectful neighbors who were frequently seen walking through the community. Their accounts came as news of her condition spread through the Bath Beach neighborhood.
The NYPD continued asking for information Sunday as detectives with the 62nd Precinct investigated the stabbing. No suspect or motive had been publicly identified, and authorities had not announced an arrest. The circumstances leading to the attack remained under investigation.
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