49ers’ first round pick Ricky Pearsall shot in Union Square robbery attempt, suspect in custody

San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, who was facing shoulder injury, was shot at Union Square on Saturday.

49ers’ first round pick Ricky Pearsall shot in Union Square robbery attempt, suspect in custody

49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall (Image via IMAGO)

In a shocking turn of events San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot today as several reports suggested. Pearsall, who starred for the Florida Gators in college, received medical attention.

Multiple cases of shooting took place amidst the busy Saturday afternoon at Union Square in San Francisco. The incident happened at Geary and Grant Street in Union Square just before 4 p.m.

NBC Sports Bay Area’s Gia Vang reported that the shooting took place during an attempted robbery. Two individuals were shot and one of them was 49ers 31st overall pick Ricky Pearsall. The name of the other victim was not revealed. Vang did not mention the severity of Pearsall’s injury but he is stable.

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49ers Ricky Pearsall has been shot in Union Square in an attempted robbery. According to Sup. Peskin's office, the suspect is in custody and Ricky is in stable condition. His office has been in touch with Central Command.
Gia Vang of NBC wrote on X

The police caught one suspect, according to Superintendent of Police Aaron Peskin, while the San Francisco Fire Department advised citizens to avoid Union Square for the time being.

London Breed, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, gave her statement on the situation and promised quick action on the matter.

SFPD was on scene immediately and an arrest of the shooter was made. My thoughts are with Ricky and his family at this time. We will provide more updates, including on his condition, as I receive them.
Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco’s statement on X read

Meanwhile, Pearsall’s teammate and 49ers veteran Deebo Samuel also hinted via his X account that the rookie is in stable condition.

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Rickey Pearsall missed pre-season for the 49ers

Even though the 49ers took Ricky Pearsall very high in the draft, the former Gator struggled in off-season camp, mainly because of a bad shoulder. The 49ers knew about his situation and still went ahead with him perhaps hoping it wasn’t too serious and he could shake it off quickly.

Ricky Pearsall was shot today in San Francisco
Rickey Pearsall (Image via Imago)

Pearsall eventually joined the 49ers camp but aggravated his shoulder once more. The doctors revealed it was shoulder subluxation. The best-case scenario for the wideout is he manages to make a quick recovery and the worst case is going through surgery and missing a chunk of his debut campaign.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan seemed optimistic about Pearsall re-joining the team soon even after Brandon Aiyuk‘s extension. Shanahan said the 23-year-old’s shoulder is tender, downplaying the severity of the injury.

About 50% of the people coming out of college do that. That wasn't really the problem. He did it in OTAs for the first time with us. When you do that, it's tender. Then he redid it here a couple of weeks ago. It makes it tender, so you want to give him time to come back from it. It's probably happened to 80% of the guys on our team at some time. It's just a pretty normal thing.
Kyle Shanahan said per Sports Illustrated

There was a question mark on how much game time Pearsall would even get with Aiyuk, Jauan Jennings, and Deebo Samuel all locked in. However, the shooting incident may keep him out for a longer period.

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