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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 on Thursday injured at least one person and prompted a lockdown of the campus, authorities said.
The shooting, which occurred around noon in the Laney Field House, triggered a brief lockdown while Oakland police secured the campus and investigated.
The man now held in the fatal shooting of Laney College athletic director John Beam allegedly confessed to homicide investigators and acknowledged owning the gun seized from a duffle bag he had when he was arrested, according to the affidavit in support of ...
Beam died earlier Friday after a shooting on the Laney campus, where he was athletic director. A suspect, 27-year-old Cedric Irving Jr., is reportedly in custody and the authorities have described the attack as targeted, with the suspect and victim apparently knowing each other.