OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland’s celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U” that showcased his success with players others wouldn’t gamble on, died Friday, a day after being shot on the college campus where he worked.

Police arrested the 27-year-old suspect Friday. Authorities said he knew the 66-year-old coach, and it was a targeted attack.

Crime scene tape lies on the ground outside of the Laney College Fieldhouse in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, one day after longtime Laney College athletic director John Beam was shot. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

The shooting at Laney College rattled Oakland, with scores holding a vigil outside the hospital before he died. He was remembered as someone who would h

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