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Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - cardcrimson - 08-31-2024
Niner's first round draft pick and rookie WR Ricky Pearsall was shot today, apparently during a robbery in Union Square in Downtown SF. Pearsall is in the hospital in stable condition. Prayers are with him.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/ricky-pearsall-shot-robbery-niners-san-francisco/3640198/
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - Mick - 08-31-2024
He was on his way to an autograph show. Mugger tried to steal his Rolex, 3:37 p.m.. Happened at Geary and Grant, just off Union Square, in the intersection by Brunello Cuccinelli.
He was shot in the chest, is in serious but stable condition. He made it to the ambulance under his own power, taken to Zuckerberg SF General. Suspect in custody.
https://x.com/ZakSNews/status/1830052702501683327
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - chrisk - 08-31-2024
(08-31-2024, 07:31 PM)Mick Wrote: He was on his way to an autograph show. Mugger tried to steal his Rolex, 3:37 p.m.. Happened at Geary and Grant, just off Union Square, in the intersection by Brunello Cuccinelli.
He was shot in the chest, is in serious but stable condition. He made it to the ambulance under his own power, taken to Zuckerberg SF General. Suspect in custody.
https://x.com/ZakSNews/status/1830052702501683327
One report said he had been at the signing show earlier at the Cow Palace. Report said robbery attempt was over a Rolex. Another report said suspect was also shot and at SF General.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - newguy - 08-31-2024
glad his condition is stable. suspect is 17, so no telling if his name will be released.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - martyup - 08-31-2024
SF was once a wonderful city to visit.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - Mick - 09-01-2024
(08-31-2024, 08:40 PM)newguy Wrote: glad his condition is stable. suspect is 17, so no telling if his name will be released.
I doubt it. He's going to be tried in juvenile court.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - burger - 09-01-2024
(08-31-2024, 10:34 PM)martyup Wrote: SF was once a wonderful city to visit.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/us/san-francisco-crime-bob-lee-killing/index.html
If you dig into the data, violent crime is much lower in SF than it was 10-20 years ago. And far, far lower than, say, in the 80s or 90s. It's not even close.
Not saying that SF doesn't have plenty of problems. But the idea that it's some sort of uninhabitable war zone is just false.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - Mick - 09-01-2024
My 6'4" weightlifting son used to live and work in SF (near Coit Tower) during summers in college, and he carried a knife to work because he didn't feel particularly safe.
Today, 10 years later, he says it's not too bad. He lives a block from Ghirardelli Square, so...nicer neighborhood. But he's not moving any time soon.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - fullmetal - 09-01-2024
I'm not a doomsayer, but it's weird that 17-yr olds with guns think it's okay to commit violent crimes of chance in broad daylight in a fairly well-trafficked part of the city. Glad Pearsall is stable -- could have been an artery or heart :(
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - cardcrimson - 09-01-2024
According to a post from his mom, the bullet entered his chest and went out the back, missing any vital organs. Amazingly fortunate.
https://sports.yahoo.com/49ers-ricky-pearsall-in-stable-condition-after-being-shot-in-chest-in-san-francisco-robbery-attempt-235941029.html
As for SF, glad the crime rate is down, but vacancy rates are at historic highs. Fewer people to rob?
Retail vacancy around Union Square is at 20%, city-wide around 8%:
https://www.globest.com/2024/05/03/record-high-retail-vacancy-rate-in-san-francisco/?slreturn=20240901125046
Nearly one third of all offices in SF are vacant, also an historic high:
https://www.sf.gov/data/san-francisco-office-space-vacancy
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - Mick - 09-01-2024
(09-01-2024, 09:40 AM)fullmetal Wrote: I'm not a doomsayer, but it's weird that 17-yr olds with guns think it's okay to commit violent crimes of chance in broad daylight in a fairly well-trafficked part of the city. Glad Pearsall is stable -- could have been an artery or heart :(
That, and the fact that it wasn't a local child, but a teen who came in from Tracy to commit some mayhem. That was weird in and of itself.
My wife's a shopper and used to go to Union Square regularly, by herself, day or night. About 10-12 years ago, she stopped going at night. Five years ago, she stopped going without me to escort her, and two years ago, she insisted we depart before 3 p.m.. Of course, without the 140 retail outlets that have closed since COVID, there's not as much of a reason to go there any more.
Not sure what that says or portends, but nothing good, I imagine.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - Giants - 09-01-2024
(09-01-2024, 08:15 AM)Mick Wrote:(08-31-2024, 08:40 PM)newguy Wrote: glad his condition is stable. suspect is 17, so no telling if his name will be released.
I doubt it. He's going to be tried in juvenile court.
In California, it is up to a judge to determine whether a 17 year old accused of a serious offense can be tried in adult court. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - jonnyss - 09-01-2024
out of the hospital!
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - fullmetal - 09-01-2024
That's near miraculous on both parts imo: no vitals hit and out of the hospital already. I hope he relishes his good fortune and makes the most of his life going forward.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - cctop - 09-01-2024
FWIW I was just in downtown SF & Union Square today.
It was a gorgeous day with lots of people out and about, though maybe half as many people as there were before Covid.
The sidewalks were clean, no tents, very few homeless.
Tourists were lined up halfway down the block to get on the cable cars at the Powell St. turnaround.
The Tenderloin is still the Tenderloin, but downtown SF and Union Square are nothing like what's portrayed in the media, which makes this attack feel out of place and shocking.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - triangle2 - 09-01-2024
(09-01-2024, 02:30 PM)fullmetal Wrote: That's near miraculous on both parts imo: no vitals hit and out of the hospital already. I hope he relishes his good fortune and makes the most of his life going forward.
Completely agree. He gets serious points for walking to the ambulance after getting shot through and through in the chest area.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - jonnyss - 09-01-2024
(09-01-2024, 06:39 PM)triangle2 Wrote:(09-01-2024, 02:30 PM)fullmetal Wrote: That's near miraculous on both parts imo: no vitals hit and out of the hospital already. I hope he relishes his good fortune and makes the most of his life going forward.
Completely agree. He gets serious points for walking to the ambulance after getting shot through and through in the chest area.
into the chest and out his back without hitting vital organs? hard to picture. the chest sure is filled with vital organs - lungs, heart, major arteries and veins. maybe he was shot just inside the shoulder, but then the bullet would at least pierce his scapula as it emerges through his back. not a vital organ i suppose, but important for catching footballs. likely to have 1 or more broken ribs as well.
or is he terminator 2?
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - 2006alum - 09-01-2024
(09-01-2024, 03:51 PM)cctop Wrote: FWIW I was just in downtown SF & Union Square today.
It was a gorgeous day with lots of people out and about, though maybe half as many people as there were before Covid.
The sidewalks were clean, no tents, very few homeless.
Tourists were lined up halfway down the block to get on the cable cars at the Powell St. turnaround.
The Tenderloin is still the Tenderloin, but downtown SF and Union Square are nothing like what's portrayed in the media, which makes this attack feel out of place and shocking.
Thanks for sharing. I've been refraining from posting to this OT thread because I live in SF and work blocks from the Tenderloin, so maybe I'm too close, physically and emotionally.
I'll keep it at this: SF takes up a lot of rent free space in certain people's heads, and the fact that the demand for $3k one bedroom apartments continues to persist despite that probably says all that needs to be said about its overall balance of vices and virtues.
Very glad he is doing so well, and may make a full and rapid recovery.
And I'll close with this: I'm quite proud and happy to call SF home.
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - cardcrimson - 09-02-2024
(09-01-2024, 07:13 PM)jonnyss Wrote:(09-01-2024, 06:39 PM)triangle2 Wrote:(09-01-2024, 02:30 PM)fullmetal Wrote: That's near miraculous on both parts imo: no vitals hit and out of the hospital already. I hope he relishes his good fortune and makes the most of his life going forward.
Completely agree. He gets serious points for walking to the ambulance after getting shot through and through in the chest area.
into the chest and out his back without hitting vital organs? hard to picture. the chest sure is filled with vital organs - lungs, heart, major arteries and veins. maybe he was shot just inside the shoulder, but then the bullet would at least pierce his scapula as it emerges through his back. not a vital organ i suppose, but important for catching footballs. likely to have 1 or more broken ribs as well.
or is he terminator 2?
More like Deadpool . . . .
RE: Ricky Pearsall Shot in SF - M T - 09-04-2024
(09-02-2024, 08:31 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: More like Deadpool . . . .
Perhaps "The Dead Pool"?