PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Interfaith spiritual leaders in Portland held a press conference Thursday to decry the tragedy in Minneapolis of a deadly shooting at a Catholic school on Wednesday and called for Oregon to refocus its gun violence reduction efforts.

Robin Westman, 23, was identified as the suspect who is believed to have taken his own life after he allegedly opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, killing two children and injuring 18 others worshipping inside, according to the Associated Press.

Twenty bells rang out at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Northeast Portland, one for each of the shooter's victims, as the Lift Every Voice Oregon press conference began with prayers for the victims.

Among the faith leaders' calls to action is the immediate implem

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