Teen charged in shooting of San Francisco 49ers’ Pearsall will not be tried as an adult

SAN FRANCISCO AP The teen charged with shooting San Francisco ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall during an attempted robbery last year will be tried as a juvenile a judge ruled Friday The suspect was a -year-old high school senior at the time of the August shooting He is now and would have faced much steeper penalties if located guilty of attempted murder assault and attempted robbery in adult criminal court rather than the juvenile system the San Francisco Chronicle revealed Friday Pearsall was alone and walking to his car after shopping at luxury stores in the city s Union Square when the suspect saw the NFL performer was wearing a Rolex watch and other expensive jewelry and tried to rob him at gunpoint San Francisco police revealed Related Articles No loose ends San Jose triple homicide stemmed from domestic violence officers say Watch police bodycam video that led to California state senator s DUI citation Man who took wheel for driver fleeing California police dies in crash South Bay gun shop owner facing heat after firing into air while chasing alleged thief Man stabbed outside Peninsula BART station suspect at large A struggle ensued and gunfire from the suspect s firearm struck both Pearsall and the teenager who was shot in the arm authorirties The teen was arrested about a block away from where he allegedly confronted Pearsall The district attorney s office sought to transfer the matter to adult court noting that Pearsall could have died The suspect s attorney noted the teen had experienced abuse and trauma both at home and while in the foster care system San Francisco Deputy Masses Defender Bob Dunlap noted his client has been a model prisoner while in juvenile detention He formed a book club graduated from high school and enrolled in area college Dunlap declared Friday s ruling came after a weeklong hearing to determine how the teen would be tried