The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/19/teen-accused-of-shooting-49ers-ricky-pearsall-wont-be-tried-as-an-adult-and-pearsall-forgives-kid-anyway/The teen who shot 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will be tried as a juvenile and not as an adult, a court has decided, but Pearsall said he would like to meet his shooter again, and perhaps strike up a friendship. When then-rookie 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in Union Square in a robbery gone wrong in August of 2024, Pearsall not only made a miraculous recovery after a bullet went through his chest, he actually returned to the playing field just 50 days later to make his NFL debut. So Pearsall was certainly blessed to be able to recover in just a couple months after a 17 year-old allegedly shot him i

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