EXCLUSIVE: Video shows moments Ricky Pearsall shooting suspect flees Union Square crime scene

We're now getting a clearer picture of how the attempted robbery and shooting of 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall unfolded. One witness we spoke with recalls seeing the scuffle saying, "He was not giving up without a fight. He's brave."

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[btomlinson]

If you’re old enough to try to attempt an armed robbery, you old enough to be tried as an ADULT.

[joelvinson]

Attempted murder. Charge him as an adult.

[dhancock]

He had a firearm, and he used it. If he had gotten away with it he wouldn't have thought twice about his victim! Charge him as an adult!

[KL-njvi]

this is no "juvenile" in any real sense. Knew exactly what he was doing. Don't want to hear any excuses, would like to hear about some serious prison time.

[ricknielsen]

So in court he needs an interpreter but told Ricky Pearsall “give me everything you got”…. Dressed all in black and drive 70 miles to rob someone. He knew what he planned to do. No different then when I was 10 years old and took the AC transit bus from Castro Valley to San Francisco with my crab net and went fishing by myself……

[malin]

Kids aren't born to be a robber. This 17 year old robber grew up watching his friends and relatives committing these acts.

[robmichael]

He was a week or two away from 18, and they "don't know" if they'll try him as an adult.

[nsityr]

Either the DA or the judge will fumble this.

[babayaga]

it’s SF…the DA will 100% charge Ricky Pearsall for the shooting of a 17yr old.

[aaaacr]

Unblurr his face, you show the 14 year old suspect from Georgia. Show his too

[godzillaeatsushi]

That kid need to be in prison for ever

[ché_]

The 17yo made a tragic adult decision. Sorry dude you need to meet your new cellmate Bubba.

[jerry]

The teen is about 6 feet tall and weights about 200 pounds.
He carried a gun with an intend to kill!

[gibster]

This was in broad freaking daylight. The amount of balls to think you can get away with something like that shows he's done this before. Try him as an adult.

[robappeldorn]

17? He should have been in school, they should add truancy to the charges.

[MrSFblack]

As a San Francisco native, someone should've told poor Ricky that walking around Union Square wearing a gold Rolex and $30k gold necklace is a bad idea. Not excusing the little punk who blasted him, but that part of the city is far from what it used to be. With many of the businesses and departments either closed down or closing down, there ain't much in downtown Union Square outside of jackers, crackheads, and the homeless.

[mvlpix]

Can we take a moment and just appreciate that Ricky survived and can continue his journey to an amazing football career?

[jennychep]

Do the crime do the time he needs to be charged lock his ass up he knows what he was doing commiting a robbery and having a gun clearly needs to be behind bars he is 17 years old clearly not a child do not let him free!!!

[Khultan]

Mechthild Schroer, a German tourist who was shot and killed in Union Square in August 2010 in San Francisco.

[boataxe]

“We are now getting a clearer picture”? No we are getting an obscured picture.