A Calgary man has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder one day after his wife was fatally shot and his daughter injured at a house in Pineridge.

Police were called to the house in the 6900 block of Rundlehorn Drive. N.E. just after midnight on Tuesday for reports of gunshots.

Hue Ngoc Nguyen, 41, was found dead at the scene.

Her 15-year-old daughter was taken to hospital in non-life-threatening condition with a suspected gunshot wound, police said.

Insp. Don Coleman of the major crimes unit says it appears a conflict built over several hours.

Insp. Don Coleman says police believe there was a history of domestic violence leading to the incident, but that it went unreported. (CBC)

"It is our belief that over the period of the day there was significant tension in the home which led to a prolonged argument which ultimately led to a physical confrontation between the three involved persons which led to the discharging of the firearm," Coleman said.

He said police believe there was "domestic history that had gone unreported."

The suspect fled in a pickup truck with the couple's two younger children, an 11-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy.

Hien Tuan Lam, 43, has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the shooting. (CBC)

He was stopped by police a short time later on Whitehorn Drive N.E.

He fired one shot in the air from inside the truck, but was quickly arrested without incident after police surrounded him.

The two children were unharmed.

Police say all five people were family members.

The father, Hien Tuan Lam, 43, has been charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the shootings.

Police cordoned off the immediate area in Pineridge. (Dave Gilson/CBC)

Coleman said Lam had been prohibited from owning a firearm.

"I don't know how it was obtained but the offender in this incident is prohibited from possessing firearms, he does have a firearms prohibition," he said.

Police say a majority of domestic violence cases go unreported.

Lam is expected to make his first appearance in court on Thursday.