49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall shot in San Francisco

Vast receiver Ricky Pearsall, the 49ers’ first-round draft choose this previous spring, was shot in a theft try Saturday afternoon close to San Francisco’s Union Sq..

Pearsall is in secure situation, NBC Bay Space reported. A bullet handed by means of one in every of his arms, and the suspect appeared shot by means of his chest, in response to Fox40’s Kirsten Moran-Keller.

“He’s good. Thank god!!!!” 49ers teammate Deebo Samuel posted on X/Twitter about Pearsall, including emojis reflecting a prayer and crossed fingers.

“In the course of the tried theft, a bodily altercation ensued, and each the topic and the sufferer had been injured,” in response to an announcement from the San Francisco Police Division, which famous the suspect is in custody and prices are pending.

Captain Justin Schorr, spokesperson for the San Francisco Hearth Division, confirmed that his division transported two sufferers to the hospital Saturday afternoon for suspected gunshot wounds, however couldn’t communicate to the identities or another details about the sufferers. Schorr mentioned the primary 911 name reporting pictures fired at Geary and Grants streets was at 3:38 pm, a block away from Union Sq..

“Two folks had been damage, we took excellent care of them, and so they’re on the hospital,” mentioned Schorr, noting that one sufferer is in vital situation and one in secure situation at San Francisco Normal.

Pearsall’s Rolex watch was focused within the tried theft, KTVU’s Sal Castaneda reported, citing a number of sources.

“I’m extraordinarily shocked and saddened in regards to the capturing of 49ers participant Ricky Pearsall at the moment in Union Sq.,” San Francisco Police Chief William Scott mentioned in an announcement. “This sort of violence has no place in our metropolis and can by no means be tolerated. My coronary heart goes out to Mr. Pearsall and his household and I want him a speedy restoration.”

Earlier Saturday, Pearsall signed autographs at a card present at San Francisco’s Cow Palace.

Neither the San Francisco Police Division nor the 49ers instantly returned messages left by this information group.

Pearsall, 23, is a Phoenix, Ariz., native who’s coming into his first NFL season after taking part in collegiately at Florida the previous two seasons and Arizona State the prior three years.

A shoulder damage has stored Pearsall from training the previous 3 1/2 weeks, after an offseason hamstring damage delayed his entry into coaching camp by every week. His left shoulder has a historical past of partial dislocations relationship again to his junior 12 months in school, and he aggravated it in spring practices in addition to on Aug. 6.

He’s carried out conditioning drills on the aspect because the 49ers put together for his or her regular-season opener Sept. 9 in opposition to the New York Jets at Levi’s Stadium. Pearsall’s standing is but to be decided.