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CNN: Two killed, four wounded during shooting at youth football game

Gunfire erupted at an annual Thanksgiving Day football game in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving at least two dead and four others wounded, Louisville Metro Police said Thursday.

The shooting, shortly before 2 p.m., happened during the so-callled “Juice Bowl,” which fills Shawnee Park with children and parents for a series of holiday football games, CNN affiliate WAVE reported.

The shooting suspects were at large and the motive for the gunfire was unclear, according to Dwight Mitchell, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department.

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

Four people were rushed to hospitals. Their condition is unknown but Mitchell described their injuries as not life threatening.

The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have joined the investigation into the shootings, according to WAVE.

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