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Two NYPD officers were shot and killed on Saturday afternoon, in what NYC Police Commissioner William Bratton called "execution-style." The suspect, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, was later found shot to death in a nearby subway station. VPC
Mourners stand at attention as the bodies of two fallen NYPD police officers are prepared to be transported from Woodhull Medical Center on Saturday in New York.(Photo: John Minchillo, AP)
The suspect identified in the shooting of two New York City police officers shot his ex-girlfriend in the Baltimore area early Saturday before posting on her Instagram account and other social media, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said at a news conference.
A gunman killed two New York police officers as they sat in their squad car Saturday and then turned his weapon on himself, the New York Times reported. Justin Mitchell reports.
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The postings indicate Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, had a "very strong bias against" police, and are being investigated as authorities search for a motive, Bratton said.
The two officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were shot "execution-style" in their parked patrol car Saturday afternoon. Brinsley fled from the scene to a nearby subway station, where he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Bratton said.
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The Internet postings appear to show Brinsley, who is black, wanted revenge for the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., police said.
Shortly before the shooting, Instagram user "dontrunup" posted a photo of a silver handgun with wooden grips and the caption: "I'm putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours … Let's take 2 of theirs. #shootthepolice #ripericgardner #ripmikebrown This may be my final post … I'm putting pigs in a blanket."
Killer Ismmaiyl Brinsley(Photo: wxia)
Police said they found a silver handgun by Brinsley's body.
The user's next post shows what appears to be a bloodstained pants leg and the caption "Never had a hot gon on your waist and blood on your shoe … you aint been through what I been through you not like me and I'm not like you."
The account was suspended shortly after the shooting.
The Instagram account is linked to Facebook user named Bleau Barracuda, who police said appears to be Brinsley.
The last Facebook status made on that account a few hours before the shootings said: "I Always Wanted To Be Known For Doing Something Right....... But My Past Is Stalking Me And My Present Is Haunting Me."
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Photos posted to that Facebook account show pictures of Brinsley in cities across the country, including Las Vegas and Boston.
Bratton said Brinsley had ties to the Brooklyn area but had been living in Georgia.
Record in Cobb County, Ga., show Brinsley was arrested in July 2011 in connection with alleged violent offenses. He was charged with felony possession of a firearm, discharging a firearm, obstructing a police officer, criminal damage of property and theft by receiving, according to records in Cobb County Court.
He was ordered to pay $1,700 in fines and fees, and appears to have been released on probation, the records show. Brinsley's probation was revoked in June 2013, according to the records.
Court records in Clark County, Ohio show Brinsley was arrested there on a felony robbery charge in June 2009. The case was dismissed in September 2009, the records show.
The last shooting death of a NYPD officer came in December 2011, after a report of a break-in at a Brooklyn apartment.
Contributing: Jane Onyanga-Omara, Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY; Associated Press
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