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DA Charges Cedric Irving Jr. With Murder in Killing of Oakland Coach John Beam

An affidavit says he confessed to the shooting, with gun enhancements sought that could bring a 50-years-to-life sentence.

Overview

  • Alameda County prosecutors filed a murder count with enhancements alleging personal firearm discharge, great bodily injury, and a particularly vulnerable victim.
  • Court documents state Irving admitted to killing Beam and to owning the handgun found in his bag, which the DA said was registered to him.
  • Investigators linked the suspect using campus, residential, bus, and transit surveillance; a deputy arrested him early Friday at the San Leandro BART station.
  • Police describe the fieldhouse attack as a very targeted incident, saying Irving knew Beam but they did not have a relationship.
  • DA Ursula Jones Dickson is reinstating mandatory minimum sentences for certain gun offenses following two school shootings; Irving is held without bail with arraignment set for Tuesday.