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Laney College athletic director, former football coach John Beam severely injured in campus shooting
The shooting apparently happened around noon in an athletic building near Fifth Avenue and East Eighth Street.
John Beam, 66, was a fixture in the Oakland athletics scene as a high school and then junior college coach. He died on Friday after being shot at Laney College the day before. Beam was remembered as an unforgettable influence, a man who knew how to draw the most out of his athletes and even his competitors.