Overview
- The shooting occurred inside the Laney Fieldhouse just before noon, triggering a lockdown that was later lifted and canceling in-person classes for the day.
- Acting Police Chief James Beere said it was not an active-shooter situation and that a male suspect in a black hoodie fled the scene.
- Beam, a longtime coach featured in Netflix’s Last Chance U, was transported to Highland Hospital, with multiple outlets reporting he was in critical condition Thursday night.
- Investigators are reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses, and police have asked the public for tips to help identify and locate the suspect.
- The attack followed a separate shooting the day before at Skyline High School, where a juvenile was wounded, two minors were arrested, and two firearms were recovered.