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A man shot his mother in the face with a BB gun Tuesday night, Cleveland police said.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Police arrested a 41-year-old Cleveland man accused of shooting his mother in the face with a BB gun after she refused to let him borrow her car.

A BB was fired into the woman's cheek about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home she shares with her son in the 4100 block of East 111th Street, according to a police report made available Thursday.

After twice refusing to let her son borrow the car, the 58-year-old woman heard a pop and immediately felt blood trickle down her face, she told police.

"Give me the keys," the woman quoted her son as demanding. The woman handed over the keys to her 2014 Jeep Compass. Her son drove away in the SUV, according to the police report.

The woman was taken by ambulance to MetroHealth Medical Center and treated for a BB lodged above the left side of her mouth, the report said.

The woman's son eventually returned the vehicle and was arrested. No charges had been filed as of Thursday afternoon.