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SAN FRANCISCO -- 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall has been released from the infirmary aft helium was changeable successful the thorax during a robbery effort successful San Francisco's Union Square, the squad announced connected Sunday.
On Sunday morning, Pearsall's parent shared an update connected Facebook that her lad was successful "good spirits," and the slug had missed each captious organs.
The video supra is from a erstwhile communicative and volition beryllium updated.
Pearsall was walking unsocial soon aft 3:30 p.m. erstwhile a fishy attempted to rob him with a weapon connected Geary Boulevard successful the Union Square area.
"A conflict betwixt Mr. Pearsall and the fishy ensued and gunfire from the suspect's weapon struck some Mr. Pearsall and the subject," Scott said, who noted much than 1 changeable was fired.
Officers successful the country responded instantly and provided exigency aesculapian assistance and arrested the suspect.
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Police identified the fishy arsenic a 17-year-old antheral nonmigratory of Tracy, California, astir 63 miles (101 kilometers) eastbound of San Francisco, who besides was transported to San Francisco General. His information was not instantly disclosed.
A weapon allegedly belonging to the fishy was recovered and investigators judge helium acted alone, Scott said.
"This benignant of unit is simply unacceptable successful our metropolis and we volition bash everything successful our powerfulness to enactment with District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to guarantee that justness is served successful this matter," Scott said.
Jenkins told reporters astatine the briefing that her bureau expects to marque a charging determination by Tuesday oregon Wednesday and initially volition record immoderate charges successful the juvenile tribunal system.
Scott said determination was nary denotation Pearsall was targeted due to the fact that helium is simply a subordinate for the city's shot team.
The 49ers issued a connection earlier saying Pearsall was deed by a slug successful the thorax and gave his information arsenic superior but stable.
"We inquire that you delight respect his privateness astatine this time," the squad said, adding, "Our thoughts and prayers are with Ricky and the full Pearsall family."
"He's good," 49ers teammate Deebo Samuel posted connected X. "Thank god!!!!"
Mayor London Breed said she was assured successful the territory attorney's actions to prosecute the case.
"This is however we clasp radical accountable successful San Francisco. Robberies and immoderate unit similar this volition not beryllium tolerated successful our city," Breed said during the briefing, offering her gratitude to the infirmary staff, constabulary and archetypal responders including San Francisco Fire Department personnel.
"This was a unspeakable and uncommon incidental successful Union Square and our thoughts are with Ricky Pearsall and his family. He has a agleam aboriginal and I look guardant to seeing him retrieve and get backmost connected the field," Breed said.
Pearsall was drafted successful the archetypal circular successful April by the 49ers with the 31st wide prime but has been slowed by injuries since joining the team.
He missed clip during grooming campy owed to hamstring and enarthrosis issues earlier returning to signifier this past week with a noncontact bluish jersey portion his enarthrosis heals.
Pearsall began his assemblage vocation astatine Arizona State and transferred to Florida for his last 2 seasons. He had 65 catches for 965 yards and 4 touchdowns past play for the Gators and finished his assemblage vocation with 159 catches for 2,420 yards and 14 TDs.
The Niners person hoped Pearsall could lend arsenic a rookie arsenic a backup to starters Brandon Aiyuk and Samuel.
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