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| McKoy Merrick |
(Scroll down for video) A man killed his baby after his girlfriend broke up with him, and took out a restraining order against him.
The disgruntled man photographed the moment before he shot his own daughter, and he wrote about it on Facebook.
McKoy Merrick, 22, of Colorado, shot his 19-month-old daughter, Mia McKoy-Phanthavongsa.
He then pointed the gun at himself and attempted to commit suicide in the Westminster area, according to reports.
Just before McKoy shot his daughter in the head he published photos of himself with his daughter on Facebook and wrote: "I told u I cannot live without u lol u thought I was joking, now I and Mia without this b ---- ."
The girl's mother, Kim Phanthavongsa, 21, broke up with McKoy, and the two were in court to sort out custody issues.
Phanthavongsa also had an active protective order against McKoy after a domestic violence incident.
On this day McKoy walked into Phanthavongsa’s apartment, the two got into an argument.
Phanthavongsa managed to run out of the house but left the baby with McKoy.
She frantically called the police to report that McKoy was inside her apartment with a gun.
When police arrived, they heard gunshots, but they were too late to save the baby.
Police tried to enter the apartment where McKoy had barricaded himself.
“Do not judge me, I had no choice," were his shocking last words on Facebook before he turned the gun on himself.
The father was rushed to a hospital alive, but his condition was not released.