CONROE, Texas – A man shot and killed his 3-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself Friday evening.
The man was served papers to give up custody of his daughter to his ex-wife by deputies with the Montgomery County Precinct 3 Constable's Office. The man had been messaging his ex-wife while inside the apartment that he planned their daughter, according to the constable's office.
Deputies arrived at the Dominion Apartments off the North Freeway, just south of FM 1488, just before 6 p.m. The man didn't answer the door at first, then later after he walked out of his apartment, a deputy approached the man, who then pulled out a gun and pointed it at both his head and chest.
Conroe SWAT and police were called in, and after about a 20-minute standoff, the man shot himself in the head.
When deputies entered his apartment, they found the 3-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to her head.
Neither the man's identity nor his daughter's identity have been released.