Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, gunned down the two men, Liu Wenjin and Raphael Ramos, in a "revenge" attack over the deaths of black teen Michael Brown and restrained black man Eric Garner.
In a collection sick posts to his Instagram account, he told followers how he was going to put "wings on pigs today".
Brinsley approached Wenjin and Ramos' patrol car in Brooklyn and fatally shot them at point blank range.
It is then believed that he ran into a nearby subway station before shooting himself.
It emerged how Brinsley, who had a long criminal record, expressed his hatred for police and the government online.
One post read: "I'm Putting Wings on Pigs Today. They take 1 of ours…Let's Take 2 of Theirs."
Then left followers with a final message, "watch what I'm going to do".
Hours later, Brinsley shot and wounded his former girlfriend before turning the gun on the two officers.
Yesterday, the US mourned as candlelit vigils were held in New York in memory of the cops.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the service: “It is an attack on all of us; it’s an attack on everything we hold dear.”
The incident comes at a tense time in the US with nationwide protests over the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police officers.
Teen Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri while Eric Garner was killed while being restrained by cops.
Lucy Ramos, an aunt of Officer Ramos, said: "I hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss..so that we can move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful co-existence."
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