Members of the House held a moment of silence on Tuesday in honor of the 12 individuals who were killed during a shooting at the Virginia Beach municipal building on Friday.

Rep. Elaine Luria Elaine Goodman LuriaKate Schroder in Ohio among Democratic challengers squelching GOP hopes for the House Congress must finish work on popular conservation bill before time runs out Virginians wait up to four hours to cast early voting ballots MORE (D-Va.), who represents the district where the shooting took place, invoked the moment of silence, calling on lawmakers to work to prevent future instances of violence.

“I rise today to remember and honor the 12 wonderful people whose lives ended far too soon in Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach,” she said on the floor.

Virginia Beach Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) was joined by VA Congressional delegation and led the House in a moment of silence to honor the victims of VA Beach shooting. pic.twitter.com/QWWhWFwpJ0 — Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 4, 2019

“Our city, our commonwealth and our nation grieve. Now is the time for healing, coming together and determining ways to prevent this kind of tragedy from ever happening again. I ask my House colleagues to please join me in a moment of silence for those who lost their lives.”

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The room then briefly fell silent in memory of the victims.

Virginia Beach officials identified the victims on Saturday morning as Laquita Brown, Tara Welch Gallagher, Mary Louise Gayle, Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Katherine Nixon, Richard Nettleton, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Ryan Keith Cox, Joshua Hardy, Michelle “Missy” Langer, Robert “Bobby” Williams and Herbert “Bert” Snelling.