Man apologizes on Facebook 'before killing ex-girlfriend in front of their daughter'

A US man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun in front of their seven-month-old daughter wrote an apology on Facebook hours before she was murdered.

Ethan Reid, 23, is charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Kaylah Hodges, who was fatally shot at his mother's home in Scottsville, Kentucky.

A few before Monday's killing Reid posted a Facebook message expressing sorrow and hinting at some kind of personal struggle.
He wrote: