A Dallas television reporter who was broadcasting live from the scene where an officer had been killed the night before had to duck for cover as a second shooting occurred during her live broadcast.
KXAS reporter Allie Spillyards was finishing up a story on a Dallas police officer who had been shot and killed for local station NBC during its 10 p.m. Friday newscast.
It was then that what sounded like a burst of gunfire erupted in the air.
Spillyards was on a split screen with the presenter in the studio when she looked over her shoulder and dropped her jaw.
Clearly frightened, she began to crouch down.
What sounded like a gunshot interrupting a live news broadcast could be heard on KXAS, the NBC station in Dallas on Friday night.
While seeking shelter, the reporter can be heard cursing.
“Oh shit,” the journalist is heard saying live on television.
Using expletives during a live news broadcast can result in an FEC violation for the station.
It is unclear what the journalist saw when she looked over her shoulder or whether she was injured.
Spillyards did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
His station did not immediately respond.
Reporter Allie Spillyard could be seen looking over her shoulder in horror.
Spillyards later ducked for cover and moved out of the camera’s view.
The shooting was edited from the video the station posted on its website.
However, Texas viewers watching the live broadcast were concerned about the television crew.
“Are she and the crew okay?” juanmtz214 asked in a Dallas Instagram Account.
His colleagues confirmed he was safe, but no further details were released.
Ironically, Spillyards was reporting on Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, who was ambushed in the same location the night before.
Burks was sitting in his patrol car when he was approached by a man, identified as Corey Cobb-Bey, 30.
Cobb-Bey spoke to the officer before leaving and then returning to shoot Burks.
Two other officers who arrived later to check on Burks were also shot, but survived.
Cobb-Bey later died in a shootout with Dallas police.