San Francisco 49ers Ricky peol a 10 season opener greets First Responders after shooting over one week after he was shot during an armed robbery attempt San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky peol attended the team season opener and met with First Responders on Monday September 9th during the 49ers matchup against the New York Jets two of the First Responders who helped piol 24 were honored before the game San Francisco Police Department Sergeant Joel heral the first officer to arrive at the scene in Union Square attended with her husband San Francisco General Hospital surgeon Dr luck cornbleth who treated peol at the hospital was also in attendance peol who also celebrated his 24th birthday on Monday took to the field to express his gratitude to both of the First Responders and give them each sign jerseys God had bigger plans blessed to see 24 peol wrote via Instagram following the game along side pictures of him with Harold and cornbleth on August 31st the NFL released a statement that peol was in stable condition after an armed robbery attempt earlier that day San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky piol was the victim of an attempted robbery and shooting this afternoon the shared at the time he sustained a bullet wound his chest and is in serious but stable condition the statement continued we ask that you please respect his privacy at this time our thoughts and prayers are with Ricky and the entire peol family according to police chief Bill Scott peol was shot in the chest while walking alone in Central San Francisco in the afternoon a struggle between Mr peol and the suspect ensued and gunfire from the suspect's gun struck both Mr peol and the suspect Scotch shared at the time identifying the shooter as a 17-year-old male both peol and the shooter were taken to the local hospital for their injuries with Scott adding that the police believe the suspect was acting alone he has since been arrested this kind of violence is simply unacceptable in our city and we will do everything in our power to work with district attorney Brook Jenkins to ensure that Justice is served in this matter Scott added in the August 301 news briefing Jenkins announced on September 3rd that the unnamed minor is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting piol in the chest he also faces a second deegree robbery charge and a charge for assault with a semi-automatic firearm after piol was released from the hospital he supported his team at 49ers practice on Thursday September 5th it was really tough 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan recalled an an emotional press conference on Thursday we just knew that he got shot and that was all we knew and then it took us about an hour to figure out what the hospital was and things like that because we just made a couple calls to people so we had it from them but none of us knew where where he was or anything Shanahan 44 noted that 40 minutes after the initial call he got another call saying that piol was conscious and going to survive which was fully confirmed when peol called Shanahan via FaceTime that was like the first time I knew he was all right Shanahan shared noting that it was really amazing to hear from peol himself because that hour when you hear about a shooting we didn't know where it was or anything so you just assume the worst then to hear it was in the test you don't think that usually goes that well then actually to talk to him like 15 minutes after that and just talk to a guy that seems like he's okay