UPDATED: A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of John Beam, the Laney College athletic director featured on Netflix‘s Last Chance U, Oakland police confirmed to multiple media outlets.
Beam remains in critical condition following the midday shooting Thursday near the Oakland CA community college’s football field.
Further details of the arrest were not immediately available.
The shooting sent the school into lockdown Thursday, which lifted at around 1:15pm after police determined there was no longer an active shooter situation. Classes were set to resume Friday.
“A senior member of our athletic staff was shot on campus in the Laney Field House,” the school shared in a statement to multiple outlets. “The individual was immediately transported to a local hospital, and we are keeping them—and their loved ones—in our hearts during this incredibly difficult time. Out of respect for their privacy, we are not releasing their name at this moment.”
Featured with his team on the fifth and final season of Last Chance U in 2020, Beam has served as Laney College’s director of athletics since 2006, and head football coach since 2012.
Denise Petski contributed to this report.
