suspected shooter a 17-year-old boy arrested after football player shot in chest during attempted robbery police say San Francisco 49 ER football player Ricky peaw was released from the hospital after being shot in the chest during an attempted robbery this weekend the suspected shooter a 17-year-old boy was arrested and will be charged in juvenile court according to NBC Sports the 49ers said in a statement that piol 23 continues to recover from a bullet wound to his chest following his release on Sunday he and his family along with the entire San Francisco 49ers organization would like to thank the San Francisco Police Department emergency medical services doctors and staff at San Francisco General Hospital the team said police subsequently determined that one of the injured men tried to Rob peol authorities think peol tried fighting back according to the San Francisco Chronicle and that the alleged gunman was injured during this alter a police said that multiple rounds were fired during the incident and that the suspect was shot by his own gun authorities think that the would be robber acted on his own and did not pray on peol because he is on the 49ers NBC Sports reported the San Francisco police chief William Scott said that the investigation remained active I want to thank God for protecting my baby boy he was shot in the chest and it exited out his back Aaron peol said in a Facebook post reported by Fox KTVU Firearms injuries rank among the five leading causes of death for people age 1- 44 according to the American Public Health Association in June the US Surgeon General Dr Vivic Murthy declared gun violence a Public Health crisis