Texas TV reporter ducks for cover as gunfire rings out during live shot

A Dallas TV reporter broadcasting live from the scene of where an officer had been been killed the night before had to duck for cover as a second shooting played out during her live shot.

KXAS reporter Allie Spillyards was wrapping up a story about a Dallas police officer who had been shot and killed for the local NBC station during its 10 p.m. Friday newscast.

That's when what founded like a spray of gunfire erupted on air. 

Spillyards was in a spilt screen with the anchor back at the studio when she looked over her shoulder and her jaw dropped the the ground.

Clearly in fear, she began to duck.

What sounded like a shooting interrupting a live newscast could be heard on KXAS, the NBC station in Dallas Friday night

As she sought cover, the reporter can be heard cursing.  

'Oh sh-t,' the journalist can be heard saying on live TV. 

Using expletives during a live newscast can result in an FEC violation for the station. 

It's unclear what the reporter saw when she looked over her shoulder or whether she was hurt.

Spillyards did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.

Her station also did not immediately respond. 

Reporter Allie Spillyard could be seen looking over her shoulder in horror

Later, Spillyards ducked for her cover and moved out of the camera's view

The shooting was edited out of the video the station posted to its website.

However, the Texas viewers who saw the live broadcast were concerned for the TV crew.

'Is she and the crew okay?' asked juanmtz214 on a Dallas Instagram account. 

Colleagues confirmed that she was safe, but no other details have been released. 

Ironically, Spillyards was reporting on Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, who was ambushed at the same spot the night before. 

Burks had been sitting in his patrol car when he was approached by a man, identified as Corey Cobb-Bey, 30.

Cobb-Bey talked to the cop, before leaving and then returning to shot Burks. 

Two other officers who later arrived to check on Burks were also shot, although they did survive. 

Cobb-Bey was later killed in a shootout with Dallas police.