OAKLAND — John Beam, the legendary football coach who shaped multiple generations of student athletes, anchoring Oakland’s sports community and becoming a respected leader at Laney College, has died from a gunshot wound in a shooting at the school’s campus, police said Friday.

“We are devastated that John Beam our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, coach mentor and friend has passed,” his family said in a statement. “Our hearts are full from the outpouring of support … we are deeply grateful for your continued prayers well wishes and thoughts.”

He was 66. Beam had been hospitalized since Thursday after a gunman entered a campus facility and shot the college’s longtime athletics director in the head, sources with direct knowledge said. A suspect arrested early Friday mor

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