Famed former Laney College football coach and current athletic director John Beam was shot on the school's Oakland campus late Thursday morning, according to sources.

John Beam, Laney College's athletic director and former coach, was fatally shot on campus; suspect Cedric Irving Jr. was arrested.

A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland has been shot on campus. Police are investigating Thursday's shooting at Laney College.

Playing with a heavy heart Sunday following the death of his former college coach John Beam, Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright recorded an interception in Chicago's 19-17 win at Minnesota, saying afterward that Beam "was behind me today.

John Beam wanted to get his steps in. That was the premise for taking one of his many college protégés, Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright, up and down the Magnific