The estranged family of cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley said his life was “spiraling out of control” and that they tried to get him help before he fatally shot two NYPD officers on Saturday.
Jalaa’a Brinsley said she cut off ties with her “emotionally troubled” brother — whose lengthy rap sheet included 19 arrests in Ohio and Georgia — once he turned violent.
“We were best friends when I was a kid. But when he turned to a life of crime, I had to separate myself from him,” she told The Post Monday.
“We tried to give him help. We tried to ask him to get some help. [But] he’s a grown man,” she added.
“He chooses to do what he wants to do no matter what I say, his mother, anybody. You tell him left he goes right. What more can you do with a family member that’s spiraling out of control. What can you do about that?”
The disturbed 28-year-old man posted his hatred for cops on Instagram and tried to commit suicide about a year ago, authorities said.
Despite his online proclamations otherwise, Jalaa’a Brinsley, 29, insisted that her brother wasn’t seeking revenge over the non-indictments in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown when he gunned down the cops.
“It could have been anybody else but unfortunately it was the police officers and now it’s turning into police against [civilians] and it’s not about that,” she said.
The shooter’s mother, Shakuwra “Cheryl” Dabre, said the family had been estranged from Ismaaiyl Brinsley “for a few years, with occasional contact” and apologized to the family of the slain officers.
“I am deeply sorry for the loss of the two innocent men who were killed, and offer my sincerest condolences to their families,” Dabre said Monday in a statement. “I am also grieving the loss of my son, and ask that my privacy be respected at this time.”