J.R. STONE RICKY PEARSALL IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ONE DAY AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE CHEST DURING A ROBBERY GONE WRONG. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER CORNELL BERNARD IS FOLLOWING THE STORY WITH REACTION AND AN UPDATE ON PEARSALL'S CONDITION. CORNELL. >> HEY, J.R. LOTS OF GET WELL WISHES COMING IN FROM ACROSS THE BAY AREA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR RICKY PEARSALL. LONDON BREED SAYS IT IS A SETBACK FOR THE UNION SQUARE SHOPPING DISTRICT, BUT SHE SAYS PLENTY OF OFFICERS WERE ON DUTY WHEN THAT SHOOTING OCCURRED YESTERDAY. >> WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT HE IS OKAY AND THAT HE IS DOING WELL. >> MAYOR LONDON BREED SENDING GET WELL WISHES TO 23 YEAR OLD FORTY-NINERS WIDE RECEIVER RICKY PEARSALL. THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS CONFIRMING THAT RICKY PEARSALL WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THIS AFTERNOON AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM A BULLET WOUND TO HIS CHEST. LEBRON JAMES POSTING ON X FOXBOROUGH HOME WORK AND BACK HOME PRAYERS FOR RICKY PEARSALL. PEARSALL WAS IN UNION SQUARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT THE COW PALACE. POLICE SAY A 17 YEAR OLD SUSPECT CONFRONTED PEARSALL AND PULLED OUT A GUN. BOTH WERE WOUNDED DURING THE ROBBERY ATTEMPT. >> 17 YEAR OLD FROM TRACY, CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE SITUATION AROUND THIS IS SUSPICIOUS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. >> MORE THAN A RANDOM CRIME. >> WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S SUSPICIOUS THAT IN LIGHT OF ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN UNION SQUARE ON A SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD OCCUR. >> IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT MAYOR BREED MEANT BY THAT COMMENT. BREED SAYS EXTRA OFFICERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO THE AREA SUNDAY, AND WE SAW MANY IN CRUISERS AND ON FOOT. OUR OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE WITHIN A MINUTE AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST. BREED DENIES THE SHOPPING DISTRICT WAS UNDERSTAFFED AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING SATURDAY. >> EVEN A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THERE ARE OFFICERS ALL AROUND UNION SQUARE, MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN THE CITY. >> THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAYS GIVEN OUR SEVERE STAFFING CRISIS, HOWEVER, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO RETAIN OUR VETERAN OFFICERS QUICKLY. >> THE SCARIEST PART WAS THAT IT WAS AT 3 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON, AND NOT AT NIGHT. YEAH. >> THIS FAMILY VISITING FROM SWEDEN, SAY THEY HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO BEING UNSAFE, A REPUTATION CITY OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO REPAIR. >> THAT'S PART OF WHY WE CHOSE THIS AREA TO STAY AT THE HOTEL, BECAUSE THIS WAS KIND OF THE SAFER PARTS. UH. BUT I GUESS NOT ANYMORE. MAYBE. >> AND THAT 17 YEAR OLD FROM TRACY IS IN CUSTODY AWAITING CHARGES. POLICE SAY THE CRIME WAS RANDOM AND THAT PEARSALL W