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Ricky Pearsall watches San Francisco 49ers practice from the sidelines, 5 days after he was shot during an attempted robbery in San Francisco

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) — San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall watched practice from the sidelines in Santa Clara on Thursday.

It comes just five days after the receiver was shot in the chest during what police call an attempted robbery in San Francisco’s Union Square.

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Head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke about the shooting at a news conference Thursday.

“It’s a miracle, the spot where he was shot is two inches below his praying hands tattoo, the whole story is pretty incredible,” Shanahan said.

Surveillance video shared exclusively with ABC7 News on Wednesday shows the suspect running and dropping the gun shortly after the shooting.

The 17-year-old is scheduled to appear in juvenile court Tuesday for a pretrial conference. He is charged with attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and attempted second-degree robbery.

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The San Francisco district attorney told us it would be at least two weeks before she decides whether to try to prosecute him as an adult.

As for Pearsall, he is expected to make a full recovery but will miss at least four games while the 49ers give him time to recuperate.

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