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The mother of the crazed man who stabbed four relatives to death at their Queens home over the weekend was grappling Tuesday with how her “nice little boy” could have turned into a monster, saying she “can’t even tell you how many times” she had tried to get him help.
Courtney Gordon — who was shot dead by police Sunday after he injured two cops responding to a 911 call about his bloody rampage — had been struggling with his mental health but had refused treatment leading up to the horrific attack, his kin has said.
“This is a tragedy. A big tragedy. I never knew where this was coming from — my good, good son. I don’t know what happened to him,” his tearful mom, Hazel Bryden, told The Post Tuesday.
“I can’t even tell you how many times I tried to get him help,” the devastated woman added. “I did more than what I can do.”
Gordon, 28, who ignored his family’s pleas to get mental health support, had been visiting relatives on his father’s side in Far Rockaway when he fatally stabbed 11-year-old Mikayla James, 12-year-old Rojaun Davis, and their parents, Suzette Taylor-Davis, 44, and 34-year-old Rickmon Davis, cops said.
Police responded to the home around 5:10 a.m. after Gordon’s 16-year-old cousin called 911 and said he “was killing her family members.” The teen jumped out of a window at the home, according to sources, and it was unclear if she sustained any injuries during the massacre.
Cops confronted Gordon as he attempted to leave the home — which he’d set on fire — with luggage in tow, but within about 10 seconds, he lunged at the officers with a knife, stabbing one in the neck and another in the head, police officials said Sunday.
One of the injured cops, a 28-year veteran, identified by sources as Edmond Decio, shot Gordon dead, cops said.