Three clinicians cast doubt on mental fitness of Oakland football legend John Beam’s suspected killer

Three psychiatric clinicians say the man accused of gunning down Laney College Athletic Director John Beam last year is not mentally competent to stand trial, though a ruling on Cedric Irving Jr.’s mental fitness is not expected for several more weeks.

The clinicians’ opinions add a new layer of uncertainty to the prosecution of Irving, 27, who is charged with murder in the mid-November killing that made national headlines due to Beam’s outsized impact on the Oakland football scene and the careers of dozens of NFL players.