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Oakland police have arrested a suspect in Thursday’s shooting of Laney College athletic director and legendary football coach John Beam.

Beam spent more than four decades coaching in Oakland.

His condition remains undisclosed.

An arrest had been made in connection with the Thursday shooting of Laney College athletic director and former football coach John Beam, the Oakland Police Department announced Friday morning.

Beam was shot on Thursday on the downtown Oakland campus, the Peralta Community College District confirmed to multiple media outlets, and was transported to a local hospital. His condition has not been made public. The Oakland police had not publicly named Beam as t

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