Few incidents are so shocking that it doesn’t even feel real. The death of beloved football coach and Netflix personality John Beam has left Oakland and the sports world stunned. Friends, former players, and the community spent Friday trying to make sense of how anyone could harm a man who helped so many people.

Beam, 66, who became well-known through Netflix’s Last Chance U, died after being shot in the head on the Laney College campus. Doctors tried to save him, but he didn’t survive. His death shocked everyone who knew him. Many people said he changed their lives some even said he saved them.

Police acted quickly. Officers arrested 27-year-old Cedric Irving Jr. early Friday at the San Leandro BART station. Oakland Assistant Chief James Beere said Irving went to the campus for a specif

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