Pearlie Golden, 93, died Tuesday night in St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan after a male Hearne police officer shot her at least five times, according to multiple witnesses.

Golden was known in her Karney Street neighborhood as Ms. Sully.

The officer responded to a 911 report about a woman with a gun, but Hearne police are not ready to say whether Golden was armed or why the officer felt threatened.

"All I know is that they were called out here," said Robertson County District Attorney Coty Siegert.

"They were dispatched out here to address the situation. Again, I'm not sure exactly what that situation was, but it was not a random encounter."

Residents questioned why police would shoot Golden, whom they described as a sweet, sweet woman.

"Even if she did have a gun, she is in her 90's," said Lawanda Cooke.

"They could have shot in the air to scare her. Maybe she would have dropped it. I don't see her shooting anyone."

Siegert says the case will eventually be presented to a grand jury, which is standard procedure in officer involved shootings.

Texas Rangers are the Robertson County District Attorney's Office are investigating the deadly shooting.

The officer involved in the shooting was placed on paid administrative leave.