Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, the 49ers’ first-round draft pick this past spring, reportedly was shot in a robbery attempt Saturday afternoon in San Francisco and is in stable condition, NBC Bay Area reported.

“He’s good. Thank god!!!!” 49ers teammate Deebo Samuel posted on X/Twitter, adding emojis reflecting a prayer and crossed fingers.

Pearsall was shot near Union Square, according to KGO-7’s Dion Lim.

The San Francisco Fire Department was called to deal with a traumatic injury at 3:38 P.M. near Union Square and found two gunshot victims near Geary and Grand Streets, a spokesman told KTVU’s Sal Castaneda, who added that both victims were taken to a local hospital, one in critical condition and one in stable condition. Pearsall’s Rolex watch was targeted in the attempted robbery, Castaneda added, citing multiple sources.

The suspected shooter is in police custody, Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s office told NBC Bay Area’s Gia Vang.

Earlier Saturday, Pearsall signed autographs at a card show at San Francisco’s Cow Palace.

Neither the San Francisco Police Department nor the 49ers immediately returned messages left by this news organization.

Pearsall, 23, is a Phoenix, Arizona native who is entering his first NFL season after playing collegiately at Florida the past two seasons and Arizona State the prior three years.

A shoulder injury has kept Pearsall from practicing the past 3 1/2 weeks, after an offseason hamstring injury delayed his entry into training camp by a week. His left shoulder has a history of partial dislocations dating back to his junior year in college, and he aggravated it in spring practices as well as on Aug. 6.

He’s done conditioning drills on the side as the 49ers prepare for their regular-season opener Sept. 9 against the New York Jets at Levi’s Stadium.

Originally Published: August 31, 2024 at 5:11 p.m.

A shooting in San Francisco left an 8-year-old girl injured on Friday, according to her father.

The San Francisco Police Department said officers were called to the unit block of Chicago Way at approximately 5:24 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Upon the officers’ arrival, they found a young girl suffering from injuries, although police did not confirm she was shot. Police only said she was transported to a nearby hospital with “life-threatening injuries.”

Police did not provide other information.

However, according to the girl’s father, the family was setting things up for dinner when a bullet came into the house and hit his daughter.

Officers are still at the scene conducting their investigation.

SAN FRANCISCO – Racist graffiti and a noose found at a San Francisco park happened days after a woman was told she could not have her dog in the playground by the head of a youth organization.

The woman vowed to do everything possible to shut down this group, officials said on Friday during a news conference at the park hours after the vile messages had been painted over.

“That disgusting racial slur that was written all over this building does not define who we are as a city,” said Maria Su, director of the city’s Department of Children, Youth and their Families.

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The vandalism at Merced Heights Playground on Shields Street is being investigated as a hate crime and a direct attack on the nonprofit called Youth First.

“This is not tolerated. And it will not be tolerated. We will continue to celebrate Youth First,” Su said.

Renard Monroe, Youth First’s founder and executive director, said that someone had spray-painted “N- First” on the building.

“It was destroyed by hate,” Monroe said. “The N-word. It said, ‘N-word First’ because we’re called Youth First, so they were kind of aiming that word toward our program.”

Officials believe the vandalism is a direct response to an incident at the park last week when a woman with her toddler daughter and their dog were near the playground, in the upper terrace area, where dogs are not allowed.

When Monroe told the woman to take her dog to the lower terrace of the park, where dogs are allowed, she told him, “No (N-word) is going to tell me where to go,” he recounted.

Supervisor Ahsha Safai said, “Then it turned into the N-word. It turned into threats. And the woman said, ‘I am going to make it my job to shut down your organization.’”

Following the threat, state licensing officials visited the park based on an anonymous tip, questioning whether Monroe’s operation was a childcare facility when it is actually an after-school program.

“People show up saying the music’s too loud. And then today he (Monroe) shows up and there’s spray paint and a noose hanging on the door,” Safai said.

Officials said the incident is a grim reminder that there is still division and hatred, even in a city as diverse as San Francisco.

“Everyone that doesn’t believe that racism is still alive – and still alive in San Francisco – it absolutely is. But guess what? We’re not going to be broken by it,” the supervisor said.

While no suspects have been publicly identified, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins assured that once the case reaches her office, “We will do everything to make sure the person or persons responsible for this are held accountable.”

Jenkins said, although the messages were abhorrent, the hate beneath the vandalism can’t be ignored.

“We have to bring attention to it, as much as we don’t want to give what this person did attention, San Francisco has to recognize how much work it still needs to do,” Jenkins said.

Henry Lee is a KTVU crime reporter. E-mail Henry at Henry.Lee@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @henrykleeKTVU and www.facebook.com/henrykleefan.