Colorado man posts Facebook photo with daughter moments before killing her

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Merrick McKoy (right) shot and killed his 19-month-old daughter, Mia McKoy-Phanthavongsa, before turning the gun on himself — moments after this picture was posted to Facebook.

Moments after posting a photo of his beautiful baby daughter online, a disturbed dad made good on a Facebook threat and killed the toddler with a bullet to her head.
The chilling crime unfolded on social media after the little girl’s mom awoke Monday morning to her estranged baby daddy standing over her bed with a handgun, police in Colorado told the Daily News Tuesday.

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Merrick McKoy posted about his motives and intentions just moments before killing his daughter.

The mom fought with her jealous ex-beau and fled to a neighboring apartment where she desperately called 911, cops said.
When police arrived on scene, an officer entered to find Merrick McKoy and little Mia with gunshot wounds, police said.

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Mia's mother, Kimphone 'Kim' Phanthavongsa, 21, called police to alert them that her ex-boyfriend was inside her apartment with their child and had a handgun.

Both were rushed to a local hospital, but only McKoy survived. He was in critical condition.

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Westminster Police in Colorado heard gunshots when they arrived at Phanthavongsa's apartment, seen above. 

“I told u I can’t live without u lol u thought I was joking now me n Mia out this bitch,” McKoy, 22, wrote on his Facebook page shortly before gunning down 19-month-old Mia McKoy-Phanthavongsa.
The cowardly dad made an exaggerated face with puckered lips as he held the helpless youngster in his arms for one last, haunting father-daughter portrait. “Don’t judge me had no choice,” he wrote in his final Facebook post before carrying out his fiendish plan.

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Westminster Police in Colorado found Mia dead and her father, Merrick McKoy,  with gunshot wounds.

The little girl’s mother, Kimphone (Kim) Phanthavongsa, 21, had an active restraining order against McKoy following a domestic violence incident, Westminster, Colo., police confirmed.

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Family members had said Merrick McKoy — who is accused of shooting and killing his 19-month-old daughter in a murder-suicide attempt — was possessive and had a criminal record.

The mom was “hysterical” when she learned of her daughter’s fate, so police have yet to interview her, a police spokeswoman told The News.
“We’re trying to be very respectful of the fact that she tragically lost her child,” Investigator Cheri Spottke said, calling the incident “particularly heinous.”

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A woman identifying herself as being Merrick McKoy's sister posts her reaction to the shooting of her niece on Facebook.