Overview
- Laney College athletic director and longtime coach John Beam was wounded inside the Laney Fieldhouse and taken to a hospital, according to school and police officials.
- Acting Police Chief James Beere said the incident was isolated and not an active shooter situation, and the campus lockdown was lifted after classes were canceled for the day.
- Investigators are interviewing witnesses, reviewing surveillance video, and asking the public for tips to help locate the suspect who fled the scene.
- One day earlier, a Skyline High School student was shot and is expected to recover as Oakland police detained two juveniles in connection with that case.
- Authorities recovered two firearms at Skyline, and city and school leaders called the back-to-back campus shootings part of a broader gun-violence crisis, adding security and support services as investigations continue.