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.”
His shattered mother said she doesn’t know how she’ll move forward, but is focused on praying to try and keep her afloat during this “rough time.”
“I’m just asking God to give me the courage and the faith, please. I need the prayers. It’s not anything pretty,” Bryden said through tears. “I can’t kill myself. I have to just trust in God to carry me through this.”
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.
A memorial with several candles was set up under a tent next to the home on Tuesday, where a neighbor said she had known the family for seven years and described Taylor-Davis as her best friend.
“They were amazing people. The best,” she said. “I spoke to her Saturday night. We were laughing because there was an altercation with another neighbor and we just had to laugh about it.”
They were supposed to spend time together on Sunday, the neighbor said, adding, “The world’s a worse place without her. She was an amazing human being.”
While the neighbor hadn’t met Gordon, she had seen him around the neighborhood before.
“I knew he was family but I hadn’t personally met him,” she said.
Gordon also injured another relative, Christine Gordon, 63, an aunt on his dad’s side who was just starting to recover after sustaining critical injuries in the bloody attack.
“Yes [Christine] is doing better,” Bryden said. “I called but she didn’t pick up because she’s still in the hospital. But I’m going to go look for her when I come back.”
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.
Both Decio and the other officer were hospitalized and released later Sunday.
Courtney Gordon was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead upon his arrival, police said.
Cops have not provided a motive for the terrifying attack.
