Scoreboard roundup — 10/31/24

(SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said it’s a “miracle” rookie Ricky Pearsall is recovering days after the team said the player was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery.

“He’s the toughest person I know, just going through a situation like that,” Shanahan told reporters on Thursday, speaking out for the first time on the incident. “We always felt this way watching him on the football field and things like that, but kind of to watch how he handled that situation and watch how he’s been every day since, it shows how special the guy is.”

Pearsall, 23, was seen at practice on Thursday, standing on the field in street clothes holding a football and watching the wide receiver drills, as the team prepared for Monday night’s season opener against the New York Jets.

The athlete “sustained a bullet wound to his chest” during an attempted robbery on Saturday in San Francisco’s Union Square, the San Francisco 49ers said in a statement. He was released from the hospital on Sunday and is expected to make a full recovery.

On Monday, the National Football League added the player to the reserve/non-football injury list, meaning he will miss at least four games of the season, according to ESPN.

Shanahan said the team has been focusing on giving Pearsall space to physically and mentally recover from the ordeal, though he’s eager to get back to playing.

“I think each day the mental part becomes more a big deal, you know, the adrenaline and just surviving that,” the coach said. “Ricky’s saying stuff … like, I still think I could play versus the Jets.”

“It’s just like, dude, what are you talking about?” Shanahan continued.

On the recovery, Shanahan said Pearsall “wants to go a week or so without trying to work up a sweat” and then will start rehab.

A 17-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the shooting was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and attempted second-degree robbery, prosecutors said.

The teen, whose name has not been released, was arraigned at the Youth Guidance Center in San Francisco on Wednesday. Following the court appearance, his attorney told reporters the teen — a senior at Tracy High School — is “very sorry genuinely that this did happen, as is his family.”

“I can say on their behalf, as well as on my own behalf, that our thoughts go out to the Pearsall family and Mr. Pearsall himself,” the attorney, Deputy Public Defender Bob Dunlap, said. “So there’s genuine, genuine remorse in that regard.”

The teen is in custody and will be detained awaiting a trial date.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told reporters Tuesday that her office hasn’t made a determination yet on whether it would request a hearing before a judge to decide whether the teen will be tried as an adult.

Dunlap said he hopes the case does not transfer to adult court, saying his client “certainly should be treated as a juvenile. He is a juvenile.”

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Detroit 106, Brooklyn 92 
Atlanta 126, New Orleans 111 
Dallas 108, Orlando 85

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NY Rangers 5, NY Islanders 2 
Winnipeg 7, Tampa Bay 4 
Carolina 4, Washington 2 
Boston 2, Seattle 0 
Minnesota 2, Toronto 1 (OT)
Chicago 4, Anaheim 2 
Edmonton 4, Calgary 2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Atlanta 27, Dallas 21 
Baltimore 41, Denver 10 
Buffalo 30, Miami 27 
Carolina 23, New Orleans 22 
Cincinnati 41, Las Vegas 24 
LA Chargers 27, Cleveland 10 
Tennessee 20 New England 17 (OT)
Washington 27, NY Giants 22 
Arizona 29, Chicago 9 
Philadelphia 28, Jacksonville 23 
Detroit 24, Green Bay 14 
LA Rams 26 Seattle 20 (OT)
Minnesota 21, Indianapolis 13

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York advances 5-4 on penalty kicks, New York 2, Columbus 2 
Seattle advances 7-6 on penalty kicks Seattle 1, Houston 1 
Vancouver 3, Los Angeles FC 0

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