The man now held in the fatal shooting of Laney College athletic director John Beam allegedly confessed to homicide investigators and acknowledged owning the gun seized from a duffle bag he had when he was arrested, according to the affidavit in support of the charges filed Monday.

Cedric Irving Jr., 27, is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Alameda County court in connection with the shooting of the 66-year-old Beam in the coach's office at Laney College last Thursday. Beam was pronounced dead a day later.

According to the affidavit filed in the case, Irving was seen on campus video surveillance leaving the scene of the shooting last Thursday morning.

"Surveillance footage from the incident was reviewed, and a potential suspect was identified," the affidavit noted. After he was arrest

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