a frightening scene on a San Francisco street police say 49ers rookie Ricky peol was shot in the chest during an attempted armed robbery and is now recovering in the hospital ABC's Melissa Adon is in San Francisco with the latest Melissa good morning good morning with the shooting happening just a few blocks away from here in the heart of Union Square it is a lively San Francisco neighborhood and the shooting happened in the middle of the day while this morning there is an outpouring of support for the 49ers wide receiv overnight San Francisco 49ers player Ricky peaw recovering after he was shot in the chest during an alleged attempted armed robbery in Union Square he was walking alone when a suspect approached him and attempted to commit to commit an armed robbery using a gun pea was in Union Square on Saturday afternoon signing autographs at an event center according to police a 17-year-old suspect confronted peel and pulled out a gun both were injured gun fire from the suspect's gun Str struck both Mr peol and the subject peol was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital according to a statement released from the 49ers the 23-year-old wide receiver is in serious but stable condition his teammate Debo Samuel tweeting he's good thank God oh yeah look good Piel is the 49ers first round pick in the last NFL draft out of of the University of Florida ABC News sources briefed on the investigation believe peaw was targeted for a high-end watch he was wearing at the time San Francisco's mayor calling this a terrible and rare incident in Union Square this is how we hold people accountable in San Francisco robberies and any violence like this will not be tolerated in our city the 17-year-old suspect is in custody and those charges are pending meantime police say peol was not targeted because he is a football player and that this was a random street robbery Gio a random robbery all right Melissa thank you so much