Overview
- Oakland police announced Friday that Laney College athletic director and former coach John Beam died from gunshot wounds sustained on campus a day earlier.
- Authorities said the shooting inside the Laney fieldhouse was a targeted attack and not an active-shooter incident, and they credited camera footage with helping track the suspect.
- A suspect was taken into custody after an overnight search, a gun was recovered, and police said formal charges are forthcoming.
- Officials have not publicly released the suspect’s name; the San Francisco Chronicle, citing a source, identified him as Cedric Irving Jr. and reported he allegedly confessed and knew Beam.
- The killing followed a separate shooting the previous day at Oakland’s Skyline High School that left a student injured and led to two juvenile arrests, intensifying concern over gun violence near schools.