ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />STORY: Brazil joined the rest of the world on Saturday (December 15) in expressing support for the victims of a school shooting in the United States that left 20 children and six adults dead.<br/> <br />The Brazilian human rights advocacy group, Rio of Peace, placed 26 crosses in the sand on famed Copacabana Beach in memory of the victims of Friday's shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.<br/> <br />Images of distraught parents making their way to Sandy Hook Elementary School following the shooting reverberated worldwide. In Brazil, all major news bulletins led with the tragic news.<br/> <br />The attacker, identified by law enforcement sources as Adam Lanza, opened fire on Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, which teaches children aged 5 to 10. The shooter killed 26 people before turning the gun on himself, and was suspected of killing another person before the massacre.
