‘We’re going to smoke you’: Weeks after John Beam’s killing, another Oakland coach is targeted for murder, police say

OAKLAND — A coach at Elmhurst Middle School was standing on campus during a break when two men pulled up in a Chevrolet Tahoe, wearing ski masks, and jumped out of the car, according to police.

“You got my cousin jumped,” one of them allegedly told the man. “We’re going to smoke you.”

A month later, on Dec. 15, one of the men made good on his threats, police said. The coach was walking on 98th Avenue during the day when a man pulled up in, asked the coach if he worked at Elmhurst, then opened fire twice.