A man was shot Thursday at Oakland’s Laney College, a day after a shooting at an Oakland high school wounded one student.
The Oakland Police Department confirmed that a person had been shot at 11:53 a.m. on the 900 block of Fallon Street and was hospitalized.
A person with direct knowledge of the shooting said the victim was Laney College athletic director John Beam. Beam was the school’s head football coach from 2012 until 2024 and starred in the Netflix show Last Chance U during its fifth season in 2020.
The assailant climbed the stairs inside the Laney Field House, and Beam could later be heard saying “no, no, no” before he was shot, the person said. Beam was alive as he was being transported to the hospital.
The Oakland Fire Department earlier told The Standard that the victim was a 58-year-old man.
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Loren Taylor, a former city council member who was defeated by Barbara Lee in a campaign for mayor this year, said he was praying for Beam and his family.
“We’ve got to do a better job tackling violence in Oakland,” Taylor posted on social media (opens in new tab).
The shooting occurred inside the Laney Field House, an athletic facility near the football and baseball fields.
Police have made no arrests.
The Peralta Community College District put the campus on lockdown. At 1:02 p.m., the district notified students that there was no longer an active threat but said in-person classes had been canceled for the day. Online classes were to continue as scheduled.
It’s the second shooting in two days at an Oakland school. A juvenile was shot on Wednesday at Skyline High School and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. That shooting occurred inside a bathroom, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. (opens in new tab) Two suspects, also minors, were arrested.