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NFL player Ricky Pearsall has been released from hospital after he was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco.

Pearsall, 23, “sustained a bullet wound to his chest” and was in a “serious but stable condition” according to his team the San Francisco 49ers, following the incident by the city’s Union Square on Saturday afternoon.

In an update on Sunday, the team said he has since been released and continues to recover.

Police say a 17-year-old suspect is in custody and “charges are pending”.

Footage shared on social media showed a shirtless Pearsall being walked to an ambulance by paramedics and sitting on a gurney as he held a shirt to his chest.

Police said upon arrival at the scene of the incident they found two males suffering injuries and both were taken to hospital.

“During the preliminary investigation, officers learned one of the subjects attempted to rob the victim, San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall,” they said in a statement.

“During the attempted robbery, a physical altercation ensued, and both the suspect and victim were injured.”

David Lombardi, the San Francisco 49ers reporter for The Athletic, shared a post made by Pearsall’s mother, Erin, on social media.

In it, she said that “he was shot in the chest and it exited out his back.”

“Thanks be to GOD it missed his vital organs,” Erin Pearsall wrote. “He is in good spirits right now.”

In their statement on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers said Pearsall and the team are thankful to local police and emergency medical personnel, as well as doctors at the San Francisco General Hospital where he was treated.

Pearsall was a first round draft pick by the 49ers in April, when the best college players are chosen to join the NFL.

He has just returned to practice from a shoulder injury before the 49ers play their first game of the new season on 10 September.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the NFL team said in a statement.

Pearsall “is in serious but stable condition,” the 49ers confirmed.

A 17-year-old boy attempted to rob Pearsall at gunpoint as he was walking alone at around 3:30 p.m. PT, when an altercation broke out between the two, resulting in both of them suffering injuries, according to the San Francisco Police Department

“Gunfire from the suspect’s gun struck both Mr. Pearsall and the subject,” San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said in a Saturday news conference, adding multiple shots were fired.

The suspect, a resident of Tracy, California, was taken into police custody after attempting to “run away,” Scott said.

Charges against the suspect will be filed in juvenile court, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said at the news conference. A charging decision will be made by Tuesday or Wednesday, Jenkins said.

“Given that the suspect is a juvenile at this time, those charges will be filed in the juvenile court as we continue to review the evidence to figure out where we go from there,” Jenkins said.

Officers rendered aid to Pearsall and the suspect and transported them to a hospital for treatment, the release said.

Police have not announced a possible motive for the shooting but there is no indication Pearsall was targeted because he is a football player, Scott said.

Scott said the department believes “this was an attempted robbery, and we’re pretty confident about that.”

The chief said it appears the suspect was acting alone. Only one gun was involved in the shooting and it has been recovered, Scott said.

It’s unclear how many times Pearsall was shot or what the suspect was attempting to steal. Police are pulling video footage as they continue to investigate. Pearsall was stable enough to talk to police, but Scott said “we still need to go back and confirm some things.”

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the NFL team said in a statement.

Pearsall “is in serious but stable condition,” the 49ers confirmed.

A 17-year-old boy attempted to rob Pearsall at gunpoint as he was walking alone at around 3:30 p.m. PT, when an altercation broke out between the two, resulting in both of them suffering injuries, according to the San Francisco Police Department