Tony Harris was killed after armed intruders burst into his Philadelphia home on Monday and demanded to know 'Where's the money?'
The break-in came after the 50-year-old posted a photo of his fiance Amber Crane holding up large stacks of cash on Facebook.
The caption claimed Harris had 'misplaced' $60,000 and hoped his wife didn't spend it out shopping.
A week later, Harris was shot and killed.
Police said three young men with guns had walked into the victim's home in the 1100 block of South Ruby Street in Kingsessing, Philadelphia at 11.30pm on Monday night.
Two of the masked intruders confronted Harris, who had been in the living room with his two youngest children.
The third held a gun to Crane's head as they demanded to know 'where's the money.'
When she confessed he did not have any cash, telling the intruders the family was 'poor', one of the men shot her fiancee in the head.
He was rushed to the nearby Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in a critical condition but passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
'They told us when we got there his survival rate would be 5 per cent,' the victim's sister Dar'rel Tyson told FOX 29.
His fiance, who had been praying for him to recover, was devastated by his death.
On her Facebook page, Crane said: 'He's gone. Y u that's all I'm asking my self in tears.
'This s**t is not fair. How am I supposed to go on now without you by my side?
His family believe that Harris' original Facebook post - which they claim was a joke - was the reason he was killed.
The victim had posted a picture of Amber four thick bundles of $20 notes on October 5, with the caption: 'I misplaced $60,000. I hope my wife didn't go shopping with it.'
Investigators are looking into the possibility that the picture is connected with the case but said officers were 'still very early in the investigation,'.
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