Five shot in Lexington, Ky. park, leaving one dead

Five people were shot, one fatally, during summer festivities at a downtown Lexington, Kentucky, park on Saturday evening, according to police.

Among the victims of the Charles Young Park shooting were a 14-year-old and a 4-year-old, along with two adults with non-life- threatening injuries, Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said, according to NBC affiliate WLEX .

Devine Carama, a gun violence prevention advocate in Lexington, released a statement about the incident.

“While trying to keep four young people covered and safe during the shooting, a person eight inches from me was shot tonight,” Carama wrote, according to WLEX .

“I’m limited in what I can say, because there’s a lot of pieces to this incident that are moving and evolving right now but opening fire in a peaceful event, broad daylight, with women and children present is unacceptable!” the community leader added. “What part of the game is this?”