49ers player shot during attempted robbery

>> A WEEK BEFORE THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS OPEN THEIR SEASON THE ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVER RICKY WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST LAT NIGHT. THAT HAPPENED DURING A ROBBERY TO AN CRIME RAVAGED SAN FRANCISCO. WITH THE VERY LATEST. >> RICKY IS LISTED IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST WE WORKED TOWARD VIEW THE VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS A GRAPHIC WITNESS CELL PHONE VISIO SHOWS A 23-YEAR-OLD WIDE RECEIVER BLOODIED AS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS GET READY TO RUSH INTO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE SHOOTING AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. IT HAPPENED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AROUND 3:30 P.M. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HE WAS SHOT AND APPARENTLY FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE BY SAN FRANCISCO UNION SQUARE. A POPULAR TOURIST AREA WITH HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. POLICE SAY A 17-YEAR-OLD ARMED WITH A GUN TRIED TO RIDE ROB PEARSALL A STRUGGLE ENSUED THEY ARE BOTH STRUCK BY GUNFIRE LEAVING PEARSALL WITH A SEVERE INJURY TO HIS CHEST. >> THERE IS NO INDICATION HE WAS TARGETED BECAUSE HE IS A FOOTBALL PLAYER. AT THIS POINT WE BELIEVE IT'S AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THEM. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THEE TRYING TO STEAL FROM HIM? TRUCKS AND POLICE WOULD NOT SAY IT WITH THE SUSPECTED ROBERT WAS TRYING TO GET HIS HANDS ON PARADE THEY SAID THEY WANT TO TALK TO PEARSALL UP FIRST FOR CONFIRMATION THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT SAYING QUOTE OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH RICKY AND THE ENTIRE PEARSALL FAMILY. THAT MAYOR ALSO WEIGHED IN. >> THIS WAS A TERRIBLE AND RARE INCIDENT IN UNION SQUARE. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH RICKY PEARSALL AND HIS FAMILY. HE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM RECOVER AND GET BACK ON THE FIELD. >> THE POLICE DID NOT RELEASE THE NAME OF THE 17-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT BECAUSE HE IS A JUVENILE PRINT THEY SAID HE IS FROM TRACY, CALIFORNIA TOWN ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF SAN FRANCISCO. THEY BELIEVE THE SUSPECT ACTED ALONE AT THIS POINT IN THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY SUSPECT IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION HE REMAINS IN CUSTODY THE D.A. SAID THEY EXPECT TO DECIDE WHAT CHARGES HE WILL FACE THIS WEEK BY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. >> PERHAPS THE MOST TELLING THING ABOUT THIS IS HE WAS NOT TARGETED IT COULD'VE HAPPENED TO ANYONE THERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> VERY SCARY. >> CHRISTINA THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. >> MORE ON THIS (TED WILLIAMS FORMER HOMICIDE DETECTIVE FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. TED, GREAT TO SEE YOU TODAY BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING IN ON THIS. THE DECLINE OF THIS IS CITY, SAN FRANCISCO, OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO IS JUST A DEVASTATING BUT REALLY IT DIDN'T USED TO BE THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL FOR ANYONE WHO WENT THERE, THEY SAW THAT. NOW LUCKILY IT LOOKS LIKE RICKY PEARSALL IS GOING TO BE OKAY THEY DID CATCH THE PERPETRATOR. BUT HOW DID WE GET HERE? >> THAT IS A 64000-DOLLAR QUESTION. I CAN TELL YOU WE GOT HERE WITH A WHAT I DEFIED IS SOFT ON CRIME DAS. IF YOU NOTICE JUST IN THE RECENT PAST YOU HAD A D.A. IN SAN FRANCISCO BY THE NAME OF BODINE. HE WAS RECALLED THEY HAVE BREXIT JENKINS IS THE D.A. THERE AND SHE IS DOING ALL SHE CAN TO BRING IT DOWN CRIME. UNFORTUNATELY RICKERT RICKY PEARSALL IS A VICTIM OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY. WHAT YOU HEARD THE MAYOR THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS A RARE EVENT WHERE THAT HAPPENED I DON'T KNOW HOW RARE IT REALLY IS. I DO WANT TO BUT THIS UP ON THE SCREEN THIS IS SOMETHING THE MAYOR SAID REGARDING THIS CRIME UNION SCORES WERE CHECKED BY SHE SAID THIS IS HOW WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND SAN FRANCISCO ROBBERIES AND ANY VIOLENCE LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN OUR CITY. TO SOME EXTENT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLERATING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I WANT TO BE FAIR BECAUSE SHE IS SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 36 IN CALIFORNIA WHICH WOULD REVERSE SOME OF THE SOFT ON CRIME POLICIES THAT WERE INSTITUTED Y PROPOSITION 47. BUT ISN'T IT TRUE SAN FRANCISCO'S BEEN TOLERATING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME? SADLY I LISTEN TO THE MAYOR THEY THERE AND I SOMEWHAT CHUCKLED. I CHUCKLED BECAUSE SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF CRIMINALITY FOR SOME TIME. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE TRAVELED TO SAN FRANCISCO. AND MOST OF THE TIME UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT WAIT TO LEAVE THAT CITY BECAUSE OF THE CRIME THERE IN THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN OFF THE CHART. I HAVE TO SAY BROOKE JENKINS IS DOING WHATEVER SHE CAN TO TRY TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL. BUT THE VIOLENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS OFF THE CHART. WHAT DOES THIS PART OF THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT MANY BIG CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN MANY PLACES. BUT IN CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR, KAMALA HARRIS WAS A CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL WHEN PROPOSITION 47 PASS. BEEN SUPER TO ASK HER ABOUT THAT LEGACY THIS HAS LEFT BEHIND IN CALIFORNIA? IS THAT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK HER? SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> CERTAINLY THIS IS A QUESTION OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SHOULD BE CONFRONTED WITH. AT CERTAIN STAGES OUT THERE IN CALIFORNIA WHILE SHE WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHE WAS VERY TOUGH ON CRIME MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SPECIFICALLY IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. THEIR BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WHEN SHE WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THERE. I NEEDED, YES SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. AND MANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING CRIME TAKING PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> IS SO SAD WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE AND I HOPE IT TURNS AROUND AT SOME POINT. I'M SURE SHE WILL FEEL A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TED WILLIAMS