49ers expect rookie Ricky Pearsall to make a full recovery from shooting

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch expects rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall to make a full recovery after he was shot last weekend during an attempted robbery.

Pearsall was hit in the chest and hospitalized overnight after the shooting in central San Francisco on Saturday. He was released from the hospital Sunday and was already back at the team facility on Monday.

The Niners placed Pearsall on the non-football injury list, which will sideline him for at least four weeks, giving him time to recover from the shooting and a shoulder injury that had limited him all summer.

“Ultimately, we decided that the best thing for Ricky was to have a little bit of time,” Lynch said Tuesday. “He’s going to need that time physically. He’s going to need that time emotionally, mentally. We made that decision. When we drafted Ricky, we did it for the long term. Ricky is going to be a fantastic player here. He’s eager. He was disappointed but understood that we put him on that list and what that entails.”

Lynch said Pearsall was very fortunate not to have more serious injuries after the shooting. Pearsall was walking alone carrying shopping bags to his car shortly after 3:30 p.m. Saturday when a juvenile suspect attempted to rob him with a gun in the Union Square area, officials said.

Officers in the area responded immediately and provided emergency medical aid and arrested the suspect. Pearsall was shown on video from a witness with a large chest wound as he was helped into an ambulance.

Lynch thanked the San Francisco police, notably Sgt. Joelle Harrell, who was the first on the scene and gave Pearsall immediate treatment. He also praised the doctors at San Francisco General Hospital, team doctors, trainers and support staff for working together to help Pearsall in a dire time.

Lynch said there was no damage to organs, nerves or ribs, describing it as a “through and through.”

“Multiple people down there said this is about as good an outcome as you could have in this…

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