A 17-year-old suspect in the shooting of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall has been charged with attempted murder and two other felonies, officials announced Tuesday.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement that the suspect will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon and because of the public safety risk, prosecutors will look to have him held in custody.
The teen is also being charged with assault with a semiautomatic weapon and attempted second-degree robbery in the incident, which occurred Saturday afternoon in the city’s Union Square area.
Police say Pearsall, 23, was walking to his car when the suspect noticed his “expensive watch,” San Francisco Police Sgt. Frank Harrell told the San Francisco Chronicle .
During a struggle, the suspect’s gun went off, shooting Pearsall through the chest and wounding the suspect’s arm.
The teen, from Tracy, California – approximately 60 miles east of San Francisco – was arrested about a block from the scene, police said.