Miraculous Story Reveals How Police Officer Helped Save The Life Of 49ers WR Ricky Pearsall After He Was Shot Through The Chest
San Francisco 49ers’ Ricky Pearsall is lucky to be alive after a frightening incident led to him being shot.
One police officer was critical in the moments after Ricky Pearsall was shot.
Pearsall, a rookie wide receiver whom the 49ers drafted in the first round this year, was shot in the chest by a 17-year-old during an attempted robbery in San Francisco, and Sgt. Joelle Harrell from the San Francisco Police Department would be instrumental in his survival.
Sgt. Joelle Harrel, who was nearby during the incident, sprinted to the scene after she heard gunshots, she told the San Francisco Chronicle.
The 31-year-veteran police officer got to the scene and found Ricky Pearsall shirtless and covered in blood.
Going to her training she quickly instructed another officer to call an ambulance while she tended to the 49ers rookie wide receiver.
Joelle Harrel then began pressing Ricky Pearsall’s shirt into his wound and pressed her cap into his back, where the bullet had exited.
“I was using my hand for the front just to create a suction so the air wouldn’t enter the wound,” she said.
Ricky Pearsall reportedly asked the officer if he was going to die, so she comforted him by praying with him while the ambulance arrived.
“A stunning account of our officer’s decisive action that may have helped save Ricky Pearsall’s life. Thank you, Sgt. Joelle Harrell for taking swift action in the face of danger,” San Francisco Police wrote.
