The man accused of killing Laney College athletic director and longtime football coach John Beam has been charged with murder and also faces a gun enhancement in the case.

Cedric Irving faces 50 years to life if convicted of Beam's murder , which come with the enhancement that he discharged a firearm. These chargers were issued Monday by Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson.

Irving, 27, is accused of shooting and killing Beam last week at the Laney Fieldhouse sports facility. Beam, 66, died the next morning, hours after Irving was located following a manhunt.

Dickson said that Beam's shooting, in addition to a second shooting last week at Oakland's Skyline High School, has led to her office to reinstitute mandatory minimum sentences in gun cases in Alameda County.

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