John Beam, Football Coach Featured on Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ Dies After Shooting on Oakland Campus

A suspect was taken into custody following the Nov. 13 shooting at the Laney College Fieldhouse.

Coach John Beam during football practice at Skyline High School in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 5, 2000. Kendra Luck/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

Former Laney College football coach John Beam has died at the age of 66 after being shot on the Oakland, California, campus on Nov. 13, local authorities have confirmed.

The Oakland Police Department (OPD) said in a press conference on Friday that Beam was shot at the Laney College Fieldhouse just before noon on Thursday.