By MIKE CATALINI and HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — College football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U”, has died after being shot on campus, the Oakland Police Department said Friday, and a suspect has been arrested.

Flowers are seen on campus one day after a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Nov. 14 2025. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced the coach’s death at a news conference on Friday, a day after the shooting at Laney College.

“This was a very targeted incident,” Assistant Chief James Beere said, adding that the suspect and Beam knew each other and although they weren’t close, the coach was “open to helping everybody in our community.”

Beere did not elaborate on how they knew

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