Family members testify Maine mass shooter’s ‘brain was hijacked’ [Video]

Family members of a mass shooter who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, testified Thursday that they tirelessly worked to get support for the shooter, Robert Card II, 40, before the shooting rampage last October, but they said they received little help.

“My brother-in-law was not this man. His brain was hijacked,” James Herling said in front of a state commission investigating the shooting.

The public hearing was the ninth since January in which the commission listened to testimony from people directly affected by the tragedy — including survivors, police officers and members of Card’s Army Reserve unit.

Until now, many members of Card’s family have remained out of the public eye.

“If we appeared silent it wasn’t because we lacked empathy. We were in shock and disbelief, unable to comprehend that Robbie was capable of such horror,” said Nicole Herling, Card’s sister. She said she is “committed to being …