A 44-year-old man is behind bars after authorities say he fatally shot his girlfriend and wounded her daughter.

The shooting happened Saturday afternoon at 3016 Burgundy Avenue in Selma, said Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson. He identified the victim as Renesia Levon Caver, 56.

Caver and her adult daughter both were taken to a local hospital where Caver was pronounced dead. Her daughter is going to survive.

Melvin Marshall is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Renesia Caver, in Dallas County. (Contributed)

Melvin Marshall fled the scene but turned himself in Sunday morning, accompanied by a bounty hunter, Jackson said.

He is charged with murder and attempted murder, and is being held without bond in the Dallas County Jail.