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Prosecutors Charge Cedric Irving Jr. With Murder in Killing of Coach John Beam

The filing adds firearm enhancements plus a vulnerable‑victim allegation after police described the fieldhouse killing as targeted.

Overview

  • Alameda County records show Irving, 27, faces a murder count with enhancements for personally discharging a firearm, great bodily injury and targeting a vulnerable victim.
  • Irving was arrested early Friday near the San Leandro BART station after investigators traced him using campus, private‑residence and transit surveillance; police say a gun was recovered.
  • He is being held at Santa Rita Jail with no bail and is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday morning, according to jail and court records.
  • Oakland police officials say Beam and Irving knew of each other but had no relationship, and they characterize the shooting inside Laney College’s fieldhouse as very targeted.
  • The San Francisco Chronicle, citing unnamed sources, reports Irving confessed in an interview and told investigators he believed Beam practiced witchcraft on him.