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John Beam, legendary Oakland football coach, in critical condition after being shot at Laney College
ABC7 via msn ^ | 13 Nov 2025 | Bay Area Digital Staff, Anser Hassan, Tara Campbell, Suzanne Phan

Posted on 11/14/2025 5:20:11 AM PST by blueplum

Legendary coach and current Laney College Athletic Director John Beam was shot Thursday on campus in Oakland, according to sources. He is listed in critical condition, authorities said.

The shooting happened at the fieldhouse on campus at East 8th Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of Lake Merritt...

Sources told ABC7 News Reporter Anser Hassan that Beam was shot in the head. His condition is unknown....Police are still searching for a shooting suspect who is said to have fled the scene. They are described as a male of unknown race, wearing dark clothing and a black hoodie....

The college's football program was previously featured on the Netflix series 'Last Chance U' in 2020. Beam was the head coach at the time....

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: california; fatigue; football; johnbeam; laneycollege; lastchanceu; nfl; schoolshootings

1 posted on 11/14/2025 5:20:11 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum
Here's the ESPN story- but keep voting democRAT: A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland, California, was shot on campus Thursday, the second time in two days the city has had a shooting at a local school. The Oakland Police Department said it was investigating the shooting that occurred just before noon at Laney College, where officers arrived to find a man with gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to a hospital and his condition was unknown. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said she was "heartbroken" by "the second shooting on an Oakland campus in one week." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46959827/former-coach-last-chance-u-school-shot-campus
2 posted on 11/14/2025 5:26:18 AM PST by God luvs America
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To: blueplum

Somebody was cut from the team?


3 posted on 11/14/2025 5:26:56 AM PST by Jonty30 (I've been diagnosed as being polemic and there is no cure. )
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To: blueplum
Shooting in Oakland by someone of an unknown race. What could that race possibly be?


4 posted on 11/14/2025 5:31:19 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: blueplum

It’s Oakland =(.


5 posted on 11/14/2025 5:43:08 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: blueplum

I know his brother, Jim.


6 posted on 11/14/2025 5:52:13 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: God luvs America

Yeah. Unknown race my @$$.


7 posted on 11/14/2025 6:02:48 AM PST by Spacetrucker
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To: blueplum

Assuming they catch the perp, what’s the over/under on violent crime arrests on his rap sheet?

Yay! No cash bail!


8 posted on 11/14/2025 6:09:06 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: blueplum

If I had to place a wager, I’d guess he recently said something in opposition to men competing in women’s sports and being in their locker rooms.

Just a hunch.


9 posted on 11/14/2025 6:26:57 AM PST by _longranger81
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To: blueplum

Oakland.

‘Nuff said…


10 posted on 11/14/2025 6:39:55 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Real Genocide of Christians by muslims in Sudan and Nigeria gets no notice from Jew haters.)
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To: blueplum
They are described as a male of unknown race,…

… nor is it known how many of him there are.

11 posted on 11/14/2025 8:23:37 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: HIDEK6

Somebody did something.


12 posted on 11/14/2025 8:26:19 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Antifa and BLM both wear uniforms like that- dark clothes and a black hoodie. Gang thugs like those duds, too.


13 posted on 11/14/2025 8:58:36 AM PST by arthurus (l| covfeve |l o)
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To: blueplum

“They are described as a male...”

Who writes this crap!

It’s a subliminal way to indoctrinate.


14 posted on 11/14/2025 10:10:15 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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