CBS News/ December 14, 2012, 2:59 PM

School shooting: Outpouring of sympathy on Twitter

Police audio recordings from Newtown, Conn., reveal a chaotic scene as a gunman opened fire on students and faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary School in one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.

Police audio recordings from Newtown, Conn., reveal a chaotic scene as a gunman opened fire on students and faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary School in one of the deadliest school shootings in American history. / DON EMMERT

Celebrities have taken to Twitter to express their sympathy for those involved in the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that left dozens of people, many of them children, dead. The gunman also died.

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CBS News senior correspondent John Miller said that the death toll was preliminary and likely to change. At least eight adults were killed in the shooting.  At least one teacher was wounded.

Stars from Lindsay Lohan to Rihanna have tweeted their shock. Here's what some of them had to say:

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CathyMiller12 says:
"Through letters and cards, families will be able to hold that friendship in their hands and to read those kind words at a time and place that supports their pace of healing." I got this <a href="http://obituarieshelp.org/words_of_condolences_hub.html">condolence</a> message from a friend and it really helps me to go through life. I hope this can also help the people who were affected. Let's pray for them.
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GOP-R--Con-Men says:
We as a country, adults and parents are suppose to be the protectors of our children but republicans and the NRA blocks every attempt to protect them.

My condolences to the families of this tragedy. We have been thru this too many times and we must begin to address this. However, do not expect any help from republicans as they are in the pockets of the NRA and other entities hostile to ordinary Americans. Republicans must be voted out to remove their obstruction to making progress on this and other issues. Elections have consequences, and electing republicans to control congress will result in no movement to begin to address this or other issues America so desperately needs to address.

Please explain why republicans will not allow NO restriction to be placed on guns? And then tell us why the mentally impaired, terrorist and criminals have easy legal access to guns
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pepper8892 says:
This is not a issue of gun control, this is a issue of Justice! If we let these people that would attack our schools and our children know, that if they do a crime of this nature, the legal system will not help them, and the people of this country will not stand for this, they will get the point! Burn their ass at the stake!!! To harm a child is not human, and these people should not be treated as human!!!
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pepper8892 says:
This is not a issue of gun control, this is a issue of Justice! If we let these people that would attack our schools and our children know, that if they do a crime of this nature, the legal system will not help them, and the people of this country will not stand for this, they will get the point! Burn their ass at the stake!!! To harm a child is not human, and these people should not be treated as human!!!
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LizPullen says:
Seriously? This is an angle for a story? So far, celebrities react the same way that any person would react to such a horrible tragedy, with grief and sadness. I'm just shaking my head that this would even be noteworthy to report.
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