Man charged with murder after Oakland football coach, 'Last Chance U' star John Beam shot, killed

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A 27-year-old antheral was charged Monday with execution successful the shooting decease of celebrated erstwhile shot manager John Beam, who died Friday aft being changeable connected the inferior assemblage field successful Oakland wherever helium worked.

Cedric Irving besides faces enhancement charges alleging helium personally fired a weapon that caused large bodily wounded and that the unfortunate was peculiarly vulnerable, perchance owed to age, according to the charging complaint.

The mandatory minimum for archetypal grade execution is 25 years to life. Conviction connected a complaint that helium personally discharged the firearm resulting successful decease besides carries a condemnation of 25 years to life.

Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson is acceptable to talk Monday day connected the charges. Irving, who is being held without bail, is scheduled to beryllium arraigned Tuesday. The Alameda County Public Defender's Office said it has not been appointed to correspond Irving and declined comment.

Beam was a elephantine successful the section community, a begetter fig who forged heavy relationships with his players portion fielding a squad that regularly competed for championships. The Netflix docuseries "Last Chance U" focused connected Beam and the Laney Eagles successful its 2020 season. He'd astir precocious been serving arsenic the school's diversion manager aft retiring from coaching past year.

Officers arrived astatine Laney College earlier noon Thursday to find Beam, 66, wounded astatine the athletics tract house. He was treated astatine a hospital, but died the pursuing time from his injuries.

Irving was arrested astatine a commuter obstruction presumption conscionable aft 3 a.m. Friday. He was carrying the firearm utilized to sprout Beam, and helium admitted to carrying retired the shooting, according to the probable origin document.

Oakland Assistant Chief James Beere said the fishy went connected field for a "specific reason" but did not elaborate. "This was a precise targeted incident," helium said astatine a Friday quality conference.

Beere did not accidental however the 2 men knew each different but said the Irving was known to bent astir the Laney campus. Irving's member told the San Francisco Chronicle that Irving had mislaid his occupation arsenic a information defender aft an altercation and was facing eviction astatine home.

Beam joined Laney College successful 2004 arsenic a moving backs manager and became caput manager successful 2012, winning 2 league titles. According to his biography connected the college's website, astatine slightest 20 of his players went connected to the NFL.

His shooting came a time aft a pupil was changeable astatine Oakland's Skyline High School. The pupil is successful unchangeable condition. Beam had antecedently worked astatine Skyline High School, and the fishy successful that shooting had played shot determination aft Beam had already near for different job.

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