Legendary football coach John Beam was shot and left in critical condition after someone opened fire Thursday at Oakland, California’s Laney College.

KTVU reported that an alert went out regarding an active shooter near the college’s fieldhouse shortly after 12:15 p.m. The warning was later narrowed, as only one person had been shot (versus an attack against a group of people).

Fifty-eight-year-old Beam had transitioned out of coaching was working as the athletic director with an office in the fieldhouse.

Oakland Police Department Assistant Chief James Beere described the alleged shooter as a “male; unknown race, wearing all dark clothing and a black hoodie.”

7 News spoke with 19-year-old Geovanni Valverde, who expressed dismay over the fact that Beam had been shot.

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