The man who shot two NYPD cops dead on Saturday had threatened to take his own life that morning before his ex-girlfriend talked him out of it - and he turned the gun on her instead. Early on Saturday morning, before murdering officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn, Ismaaiyl Brinsley turned up unannounced at his ex-girlfriend's home in Owings Mills, Maryland and pointed a gun to his head, according to Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. His ex, Air Force reservist Shaneka Thompson, managed to talk him out of taking his life - before he turned the gun on her instead.
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Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, shot his ex-girlfriend Shaneka Thompson in Maryland before taking a bus to New York and killing two cops on Saturday
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He had turned up at Thompson's apartment unannounced and put a gun to his head, threatening to kill himself, police said
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But she managed to talk him out of it - and he shot her in the stomach
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A neighbor recalled Thompson banging on her front door pleading for help and screaming: 'He shot me. I don't want to die'
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She is now recovering in hospital
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Brinsley then went to New York and took the subway to Brooklyn where he shot officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu as they sat in their car
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He fled and cops followed him into the subway, where he shot himself
@placeholder told investigators that Brinsley didn't say anything about harming police officers and or mention police in any way, police said.