San Francisco Democrat mayor says 49ers' Ricky Pearsall shooting 'sets back' her record amid re-election bid

WARNING- GRAPHIC FOOTAGE- Fox News' Christina Coleman and former D.C. homicide detective Ted Williams on the shooting of San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall during an attempted robbery.

San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall is currently recovering from a bullet wound just months after the team selected him with their first-round pick in the NFL Draft. 

Pearsall's gunshot occurred during a robbery attempt at Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday. The incident has raised concerns over the city's violent crime levels amid the city's ongoing struggles with homelessness. San Francisco has one of the nation's highest per capita concentrations of homelessness. 

The city has also dealt with an intense drug crisis in the past year, holding a candlelight vigil on Sunday to commemorate the 1,100-plus residents who have died by overdose since January 2023.

San Francisco mayor London Breed acknowledged that the Pearsall shooting may impact her record on crime as she seeks re-election in 2024. 

"We are glad that the victim will be OK. But this incident does set us back from all the hard work that we’ve done in order to make significant changes in public safety in San Francisco," Breed told reporters at a news conference over the weekend. 

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Ricky Pearsall #14 of the San Francisco 49ers during training camp at SAP Performance Facility on July 31, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

Breed, a Democrat who was born in San Francisco and attended the University of California, Davis for undergrad and the University of San Francisco for her MPA, has been in office since 2018. She has been highly criticized for a major budget cut to