Story highlights The Juice Bowl at Shawnee Park brings adults and children together for football games

At least two people were killed and four others wounded when gunfire erupted on Thanksgiving Day

(CNN) Gunfire erupted near an annual Thanksgiving Day football event in Kentucky, leaving two people dead and five others wounded, Louisville Metro Police said.

The shootings, shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday, happened during what locals know as the annual Juice Bowl, which fills Shawnee Park with hundreds of children and adults for a series of holiday football games.

People comfort each other after a shooting at a park in Louisville Thursday.

Stephen Washburn was streaming a Facebook Live video when the shooting could be heard in the background. There were 19 shots. The shooters are not visible in the video.

The city's mayor, who was about 200 yards from the gunfire, was safely whisked away by security.

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