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The Alameda County district attorney will be holding a press conference Monday afternoon to announce charges in the shooting death of legendary Oakland football coach John Beam.
ABC7 News will stream the press conference live in the media player above starting at 1:30 p.m.
Coach Beam died last Friday, less than 24 hours after being shot on Laney College’s campus.
The video above is from a pervious report.
Police arrested the suspect, 27-year-old Cedric Irving Jr., on Friday without incident at a BART station in Oakland just after 3 a.m. and recovered the gun.
He is being held at a local jail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday morning.
The shooting has rattled Oakland, with scores holding a vigil outside the hospital before he died. He was remembered as someone who would help anyone.
Mayor Barbara Lee described Beam as a « giant » in the city who mentored thousands of young people, including her own nephew, and « gave Oakland’s youth their best chance » at success.
« For over 40 years, he has shaped leaders on and off the field, and our community is shaken alongside his family », Lee said.Suspect’s brother is stunned
Authorities credited technology, specifically cameras at the college campus, private residences and on public transit, in tracking the suspect identified as Cedric Irving Jr.
Irving was arrested without incident at a commuter rail station in Oakland just after 3 a.m. on Friday and police recovered the gun. He was being held at a local jail on charges of murder and carrying a concealed weapon, according to Alameda County’s inmate locator. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday morning. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Irving’s brother, Samuael Irving, told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was stunned to learn of the arrest and that his brother excelled academically and athletically in high school, where he ran track and played football.
