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A League City Woman, 87, Is Charged With Shooting Her 80 Year-Old Caretaker


League City, Texas — An 87 year-old grandmother was jailed this morning after being charged with shooting her 80 year-old caretaker.

Pauline Mattson was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting her caretaker.

League City Police Sgt. Dan Krieger said police were called to a home in the 200 block of Englewood Drive about 11 a.m. after a report of a gunshot being fired.

Police arrived and surrounded the home only to have 80 year-old J. Elmer Clark hobble out of the home. Clark had been shot in the lower left leg.

"We could tell he had been shot," Krieger said. "Then we see this older lady come out of the house."

Krieger said officers were stunned when Pauline Shelby Mattson told officers that she had shot Clark. Police confiscated a .38-caliber revolver believed to have been used in the shooting.

The shooting resulted after Mattson and Clark argued over a set of car keys, Krieger said. Mattson still drives.

Clark was taken to Southeast Memorial Hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.

Krieger said that Clark had been caring for Mattson for about three months. The shooting took place at Mattson's grandson's home where she lives.

Mattson was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is being held in the League City City Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond.

Krieger said the case will be referred to a Galveston County grand jury.