A week before Jefferson Lee Perry III was charged with shooting and killing his fiancee, he was accused of sending another woman to the hospital.

Perry, 24, of Cowpens, is accused of fatally shooting his fiancee, 31-year-old Tiffany Dale Cartee, while the two were driving along Bennett Dairy Road three days before Christmas. Two other people in the vehicle witnessed the shooting, according to an incident report.

After the shooting, the vehicle crashed into a tree and Perry ran away, authorities said. The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office used a dog to find him hiding in the crawl space under a nearby house.

Perry was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He’s being held at the Spartanburg County jail without bond.

Ten days before the shooting, Perry was charged with second-degree assault and battery after deputies said he beat another woman in the head and face with his fist. That charge stemmed from a Sept. 16 incident.

An incident report states Perry was trying to take items away from the 30-year-old woman he used to live with when an argument ensued about a mirror. He began hitting her in the face and head with his fist, causing a cut above her right eye, the report states.

The woman was taken to the hospital.

Perry was also charged with possession of methamphetamine after deputies said they found a container with a small amount of meth in his pocket, according to the report.

A day after his arrest, Dec. 13, he posted a $5,000 bond and was released from jail.

That same day, a Facebook post on Cartee’s account showed that she and Perry became engaged.

Perry’s criminal background includes convictions for resisting arrest, shoplifting, possession of a stolen vehicle, receiving stolen goods, burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia dating back to 2009, according to records obtained from the State Law Enforcement Division.

South Carolina routinely ranks as one of the top states in the United States for violence against woman.

Spartanburg County had 14 domestic-related killings in 2015.

SAFE Homes Rape Crisis Coalition assisted 6,726 victims of domestic violence that same year. The Spartanburg Police Department filed charges in 907 domestic violence cases, while the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office filed charges in 1,068 cases.

An online fundraiser to raise money for Cartee's funeral had received nearly $1,000 by Friday.

Cartee was Una Fire Chief Jeff Hadden’s oldest daughter.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the two other people in the car at the time of the shooting were Cartee's twin 2-year-old daughters.