NFL participant Ricky Pearsall has been shot within the chest all over an tried theft in San Francisco.
Pearsall, 23, “sustained a bullet wound to his chest” and is in a “critical however solid situation” in step with his crew the San Francisco 49ers, following the incident by means of the town’s Union Sq. on Saturday afternoon.
Police say a 17-year-old suspect is in custody and “fees are pending”.
Pictures shared on social media confirmed a shirtless Pearsall being walked to an ambulance by means of paramedics and sitting on a gurney as he held a blouse to his chest.
Police mentioned upon arrival on the scene of the incident they discovered two men struggling accidents and each had been taken to health center.
“All through the initial investigation, officials discovered probably the most topics tried to rob the sufferer, San Francisco 49ers participant Ricky Pearsall,” they mentioned in a remark.
“All through the tried theft, a bodily altercation ensued, and each the suspect and sufferer had been injured.”
Pearsall was once a primary spherical draft pick out by means of the 49ers in April, when the most efficient school avid gamers are selected to sign up for the NFL.
He has simply returned to follow from a shoulder damage earlier than the 49ers play their first recreation of the brand new season on 10 September.