Former Laney College football coach and current athletic director John Beam died Friday a day after being shot on the school's Oakland campus , police said.

Beam, a beloved Oakland football icon who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U," was shot late Thursday morning at the Laney College Fieldhouse, according to the Peralta Community College District. He was rushed to a local hospital and listed in critical condition. He died at about 10 a.m. Friday, according to police.

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"We are devastated that John Beam, our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, coach, mentor, and friend, has passed," Beam's family said in a statement read by police during a Friday afternoon news conference. "Our hea

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