SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap) -- The Korean community here was gripped Tuesday by shock over reports that police had caught a Korean-American man as suspect in a shooting rampage that left seven killed and three wounded.
Local police said the 43-year-old, identified as Goh Won-il, was in custody on charges of opening fire at a religious college, established by an ethnic Korean, in Oakland, California, on Monday.
It was later confirmed that the Korean name of the suspect is Goh Su-nam.
"The U.S. authorities first reported that the suspect is a U.S. citizen named Goh One, but we later received a final confirmation that his Korean name is Goh Su-nam and that he was born in 1968," an official at the South Korean Consulate General in San Francisco said.
Goh had been using the name "One L. Goh" ever since moving to the U.S., according to the official.
"Back in 1990, Goh had immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 22 and acquired American citizenship in 2000," the official added.
Goh began the shooting spree after apparently becoming outraged when others teased him for his poor English while attending the school, according to investigators. The victims included Koreans and non-Koreans. Investigators said two of the seven victims were American citizens of Korean ethnicity.
Koreans residing in the U.S. are worried that the incident will have a negative impact on the image of the Korean community.
Members of the Korean community were scheduled to hold a memorial for the victims of the incident at a church in Oakland later Tuesday.
Jean Quan, the mayor of Oakland, also voiced concern.
"This is the kind of situation where we need to pull together to support the Korean community in particular," she said in a press conference alongside a representative from the Korean consulate general. "I hope we will put our arms around these people and this community."
Meanwhile, the suspect's brother died in a car accident in 2011 in Virgina.