SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco 49ers rookie vast receiver Ricky Pearsall was launched from the hospital and is recovering after he was shot and severely wounded in an tried theft, his workforce mentioned Sunday.

The 49ers mentioned he’s recovering from a bullet wound to his chest.

“He and his household, together with the complete San Francisco 49ers group, wish to thank the San Francisco Police Division, emergency medical providers, docs and workers at San Francisco Common Hospital,” the workforce’s assertion mentioned.

In a information briefing Saturday evening, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott mentioned Pearsall was strolling a couple of block from Union Sq. at round 3:30 p.m. native time when the armed suspect approached and tried to rob him, prompting a bodily altercation. 

“The wrestle between Mr. Pearsall and the suspect ensued, and gunfire from the suspect’s gun struck each Mr. Pearsall and the topic,” Scott mentioned. 

The suspect tried to run from the scene however was captured by responding officers, Scott mentioned. Authorities introduced {that a} 17-year-old male suspect is in custody. 

Each Pearsall and the suspect, whose title was not offered as a result of he’s a minor, had been taken to San Francisco Common Hospital. The suspect is from the Northern California metropolis of Tracy.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed additionally instructed reporters that Pearsall was in secure situation, whereas Scott added that Pearsall was “speaking, and that is a very good factor.”  

The suspect was additionally hospitalized in secure situation, Scott disclosed. 

The police chief mentioned two rounds had been fired from the suspect’s gun through the altercation. The gun was recovered on the scene. 

Scott mentioned that there was “no indication” that Pearsall “was focused as a result of he was a soccer participant.” At the moment, investigators additionally consider that the suspect acted alone.

Video recorded by a witness confirmed Pearsall, shirtless with a big chest wound, being helped into an ambulance, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

San Francisco District Lawyer Brooke Jenkins mentioned that she expects legal prices to be filed by Wednesday.

The suspect will likely be charged within the juvenile court docket “as we proceed to evaluate the proof to determine the place to go from there,” Jenkins mentioned.

“This was a horrible and uncommon incident in Union Sq.,” mentioned Breed.

Breed and Scott mentioned there are additional officers in Union Sq. already, and after this incident, they are going to proceed to extend that.

Breed emphasised that she would not need individuals coming into San Francisco and committing most of these crimes.

She says Jenkins will prosecute this case, and circumstances prefer it, to the fullest extent.

“That is how we maintain individuals accountable in San Francisco,” mentioned Breed. “Robberies and any violence like this won’t be tolerated in our metropolis.”

The taking pictures comes amid a a hotly contested mayoral race within the metropolis. A College of San Francisco political science professor instructed CBS Information Bay Space the incident may have main implications on the election.

“I believe it is a very severe inflection level as a result of it pertains to essentially the most urgent challenge on the docket for everybody: public security,” mentioned Professor James Taylor. “This doesn’t bode effectively for London Breed because the incumbent as a result of she’s in energy and this occurred on her watch. In fact, she had nothing to do with it however, because the particular person in cost, there is a blessing and a curse that comes with incumbency.”

CBS Information has reached out to Pearsall’s representatives for remark. 

Pearsall was drafted within the first spherical in April by the 49ers with the thirty first total decide however has been slowed by accidents since becoming a member of the workforce.

He missed time throughout coaching camp on account of hamstring and shoulder points earlier than returning to observe this previous week with a noncontact blue jersey whereas his shoulder heals.