>> SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS WIDE RECEIVER RICKY PEARSALL WENT FROM BEING THE TARGET OF TOUCHDOWNS TO THE TARGET OF AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. EVEN SURVIVING A BULLET WOUND TO THE CHEST. THE FORTY-NINERS FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK WAS SHOT DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN SAN FRANCISCO'S UNION SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PEARSALL AS MOTHER POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND THE BULLET EXITED OUT OF HIS BACK MISSING ALL OF HIS VITAL ORGANS. THE ATTACK, PLACES A RENEWED SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME IN THE BAY AREA. LET'S HEAD TO NEWS NATION'S JORGE VENTURA. HE HAS THE LATEST ON THIS INCIDENT. ALRIGHT. >> WELL, IT'S THE GOOD NEWS RICKY PEARSALL HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL LATER TODAY. EARLIER TODAY AND STILL CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM THAT BLEW INTO HIS CHEST. ACCORDING TO POLICE, IS 7 MALE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T A ONCE AGAIN SPARKING REACTION FROM CITY LEADERS AND PSERS TEAMMATES AS CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME. SO PERSISTS IN THE BAY AREA. IN AN UNUSUAL SIGHT IN THE UPSCALE UNION SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT. >> POLICE SAY RICKY PEARSALL WAS WALKING ALONE WHEN HE 17 YEAR-OLD APPROACHED HIM AND ATTEMPTED TO ROB HIM DURING THE STRUGGLE. BOTH PEER SAW IN THE GUNMAN WAS STRUCK WITH BULLETS PEARSALL BEING SHOT IN THE CHEST. POLICE RESPONDED QUICKLY IN A RESTED. THE SUSPECT PEERS ARE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING AT HOME. PEARSON'S MOTHER SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE BULLET EXITED THROUGH HER SON'S BACK MISSING HIS VITAL ORGANS, ADDING THAT HE IS, QUOTE, EXTREMELY LUCKY. SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS TEAMMATE PEOPLE. SAMUEL SHARING HIS RELIEF ON SOAL MEDIA SAYING SIMPLY, QUOTE, HE'S GOOD. THANK GOD. MEANWHILE, SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR LONDON BREED CALLED THE SHOOTING A TERRIBLE AND INCIDENT WHILE COMMENDING THE QUICK RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE. >> THEIR WORK ENSURES THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF THEY COME TO SAN FRANCISCO TO COMMIT CRIMES. THEY WILL BE ARRESTED THIS INCIDENT COMES AS THE CITY WORKS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AMID. >> ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME. DESPITE RECENT IMPROVEMENT IN CRIME RATES WITH 32% DROP IN PROPERTY CRIME ANY 40% DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THE 1ST QUARTER. 2024 INCIDENTS LIKE THIS REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT CHALLENGES REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF THE DEBATE ON CRIME IN CALIFORNIA IS PROPOSITION 47 IT PASSED IN 2014, THE LAW WAS DESIGNED TO REDUCE ISON OVERCROWDING BY CHANGING SOME NONVIOLENT CRIMES LIKE THEFT AND A 9 $150 FOR FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS HOWEVER, CRITICS SAY IT. THIS CHANGE HAS LED TO THE RISE IN RETAIL STAFF MAKING SOME CRIMINALS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT BECAUSE OF PENALTIES ARE LOWER. STILL LEGAL EXPERTS KNOW THE SHOPLIFTING WAS USUALLY TREATED AS A MISDEMEANOR, EVEN BEFORE PROPOSITION 47 WAS PASSED. EVERYONE SAYS SAN FRANCISCO IS LIKE GOING DOWN. SKETCHY, BUT LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE, AWESOME AND I LOVE THE CITY. AND YOU KNOW. >> OF COME TOGETHER RALLY AROUND PEARSALL. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE HAPPEN AGAIN. >> AND ACCORDING TO SAN FRANCISCO POLICE 7, 0 SUSPECT RESIDED IN TRACY, CALIFORNIA WILL BE