Oakland, California
AP
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A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with murder within the taking pictures loss of life of celebrated former football coach John Beam, who died Friday after being shot within the head on the junior school campus in Oakland the place he labored.
Cedric Irving faces 50 years to life if convicted, stated Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson at a Monday press convention. Irving additionally faces enhancement prices alleging he personally fired a gun that prompted nice bodily harm and that the sufferer was notably susceptible, presumably resulting from age, in line with the charging criticism.
Beam, 66, was an enormous in the local people, a father determine who cast deep relationships with his gamers whereas fielding a group that repeatedly competed for championships. The Netflix docuseries “Last Chance U” centered on Beam and the Laney Eagles in its 2020 season. He’d most not too long ago been serving as the varsity’s athletic director after retiring from teaching final yr.
“He really is the best of Oakland — was the best of Oakland,” Jones Dickson stated. “His spirit is still here.”
The district legal professional stated Irving had no felony file. He is being held with out bail, and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. The Alameda County Public Defender’s Office stated it has not been appointed to characterize Irving and declined remark.
Back-to-back shootings at two faculties final week have roiled Oakland, a metropolis of roughly 400,000 throughout the bay from San Francisco. On Wednesday, a scholar was shot at Oakland’s Skyline High School. The scholar is in secure situation and two juveniles had been in custody.
Jones Dickson stated Skyline college students had been on a subject journey at Laney College and needed to undergo by means of two lockdowns in the identical week. She stated it was time to carry accountability into the controversy over gun violence as a result of too many younger individuals are being damage by easy accessibility to firearms.
“That’s unacceptable that we have children in our community who now this is the norm. Two days in a row that they’re locked down for gun violence on a campus. I’m not good with that,” she stated.
Officers arrived at Laney College earlier than midday Thursday to seek out Beam shot within the head on the athletics subject home. He was handled at a hospital, however died the next day from his accidents.
Irving was arrested at a commuter rail station simply after 3 a.m. Friday. He was carrying the firearm used to shoot Beam, and he admitted to finishing up the taking pictures, in line with the possible trigger doc.
Oakland Assistant Chief James Beere stated the suspect went on campus for a “specific reason” however didn’t elaborate. “This was a very targeted incident,” he stated at a Friday information convention.
Beere didn’t say how the 2 males knew one another however stated the Irving was recognized to hold across the Laney campus. Irving’s brother instructed the San Francisco Chronicle that Irving had misplaced his job as a safety guard after an altercation and was dealing with eviction at dwelling.
Beam joined Laney College in 2004 as a working backs coach and have become head coach in 2012, profitable two league titles. According to his biography on the school’s web site, at the least 20 of his gamers went on to the NFL.
Beam beforehand labored at Skyline High School, the place Irving had performed football however after Beam had left for an additional job.