A San Francisco man has been arrested in the fatal beating of his 23-year-old girlfriend.

Police in Daly City say Ariana Hatami, 23, was killed in an alleged domestic dispute with boyfriend Fredrick Tran, 24, early Sunday morning.

Cops were called to a home on Fairview Avenue minutes before midnight to a report of a domestic dispute.

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Police in Daly City, California say Ariana Hatami (left), 23, was killed in an alleged domestic dispute with boyfriend Fredrick Tran (right), 24

Hatami (left) was suffering from 'severe injuries' when police arrived. Tran (right) was arrested at the scene on suspicion of homicide

Hatami was suffering from 'severe injuries' when police arrived.

She was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital, where she died.

'Early indications appear that blunt force trauma may have been the cause of her death and we're looking into that with the help of forensic crews.' Sgt. Ron Harrison, of Daly City police, told KRON.

Tran was arrested at the scene on suspicion of homicide, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Police said 'blunt force trauma may have been the cause' of Hatami's (left) death. Tran (right) has not been charged with a crime

Tran, who is yet to be charged with a crime, is being held without bail at Maguire Correctional Facility.

'It's absolutely devastating,' Sgt. Harrison told NBC Bay Area.'We're here two weeks before Christmas.'

This is Daly City's first homicide of the year.