Key Facts

• John Beam was a football coach and athletics director at Laney College.
• He was featured in "Last Chance U," a Netflix series about his team, the Laney Eagles.
• The shooting occurred on Thursday at Laney College in Oakland, California.
• Police arrested a suspect, Cedric Irving Jr., at a local bus stop.
• The suspect knew Beam but they were not personally connected.
• Tributes for Beam came from Oakland's mayor and NFL players he coached.
• Hundreds attended a vigil for Beam at the hospital on Thursday night.
• The Netflix series aired in 2020 and showed the team's challenges and successes.