"OAKLAND Cedric Irving, the onetime Laney College student accused of murdering longtime football coach John Beam in an on-campus shooting, bought the gun in Castro Valley roughly a month earlier, with the specific intent to use it to kill Beam, according to Oakland police. Irving, 27, allegedly told investigators that he bought the gun from an online store with the intent to use it to kill Beam, a widely respected coach who had appeared on the Netflix show Last Chance U."
"Under state law, a person can be deemed criminally sane at the time of a homicide despite having a delusion as their motive if there is evidence they knew the killing was wrong. Attempt to get away with the crime, even illogical or ineffective ones, can be used to establish this. In 2017, for instance, prosecutors in Contra Costa overcame an insanity defense by William Shultz, who murdered an 9-year-old Discovery Bay boy during a sleepover blaming a delusion about an impending World War III."
Cedric Irving bought a gun in Castro Valley roughly a month before the campus shooting, telling investigators he obtained it from an online store intending to kill coach John Beam. Police found a receipt and paperwork from a Castro Valley gun shop showing a purchase on Oct. 15, with pickup on Nov. 4 after a background check. Irving shot Beam in the head on Nov. 13, one day before Irving's 27th birthday, then left the scene and was arrested the next day. Irving claimed Beam was using witchcraft to affect him. Police obtained gun transaction records by search warrant to challenge a mental-health defense; he remains jailed without bail.
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