Jared Servantez

Nov 17, 2025 Updated 3:43 pm PT Failed to save article Please try again A memorial sits outside of the Laney College Fieldhouse in Oakland, California, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, one day after longtime Laney College athletic director John Beam was shot. Cedric Irving Jr., 27, the man accused of fatally shooting Beam, could face 50 years to life in prison if convicted of murder with a sentencing enhancement for using a gun.

Nov 14, 2025 Updated 10:19 am PT Failed to save article Please try again The scene after a shooting at Laney College on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Oakland, California. The Oakland Police Department said Friday morning that an arrest has been made but did not immediately release details. Athletic director and longtime football coach, John Beam, who was shot during the incident, was critically injured and hospitalized.

Nov 13, 2025 Updated 2:36 pm PT Failed to save article Please try again Laney College on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Oakland, California. A campus shooting occurred around noon in the Laney Field House on Thursday, triggering a brief lockdown while Oakland police secured the grounds and investigated. (David M. Barreda/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) “We are currently asking the public’s help in locating a … potential suspect in the case,” Beere said.