7 people die in the shooting at a Californian college.

A man believed to have shot dead seven people and injured three others at a Californian college has been named by police as 43-year-old One Goh, BBC reported.

Oakland police chief Howard Jordan said the gunman had opened fire in a classroom at Oikos University.

The suspect, a former student at the college, surrendered at a supermarket in nearby Alameda city.

Oikos University is a private religious institution offering courses in theology, music and nursing.

Armed officers swarmed the college after Monday's mid-morning attack. Five people were pronounced dead at the scene and two others died in hospital.