Oakland, Laney College and Coach John Beam
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A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland has been shot on campus. Police are investigating Thursday's shooting at Laney College.
A shooting occurred at Laney College in Oakland Thursday, authorities confirmed. No other details were immediately available. Laney is a community college located near Lake Merritt. On Wednesday, a juvenile was injured and two others were arrested following a shooting at Oakland's Skyline High School.
John Beam, the Laney College athletic director and former football coach who was featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," died Friday morning after being shot on campus Thursday, authorities said. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting, the Oakland Police Department said Friday.
One of the last times many saw Coach Beam was at a public presentation the day before he was shot and killed, advocating for campus safety and saying there was an "inadequate" security response to a break-in at the field house.
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Shooting at Oakland's Laney College wounds athletic director John Beam of "Last Chance U" fame
A shooting at Oakland's Laney College injured the school's athletic director and former head football coach, John Beam, profiled in the Netflix docuseries "Last Chance U."
Legendary former football coach John Beam died on Friday morning after he was shot on the Laney College campus in Oakland, California, on Thursday.
Hundreds of Oakland students held a massive walkout in response to shootings at both Skyline High School and Laney College.