Overview
- Laney College athletic director and former head football coach John Beam was identified as the victim and remains in critical condition at a hospital.
- The shooting occurred just before noon Thursday inside the Laney Fieldhouse, prompting a lockdown and cancellation of in-person classes that day.
- Oakland police said a suspect was taken into custody early Friday after officers initially sought a man in dark clothing and a black hoodie who fled the scene.
- Acting Chief James Beere said the incident was not an active-shooter situation, and detectives are interviewing witnesses and analyzing campus video.
- The attack followed a separate shooting Wednesday at Oakland’s Skyline High School, where a juvenile was wounded, two juveniles were detained, and two firearms were recovered.