Waco Meteorologist, Plano Native Shot In TV Station Parking Lot

WACO (CBSDFW.COM) - Employees of Waco television station KCEN are reporting on social media that one of the station's meteorologists was shot outside of the television station this morning.

Patrick Crawford, who grew up in Plano, Texas according to his website bio, was shot several times in the parking lot of KCEN-TV.

According to an article from CBSDFW's sister station KWTX, officers from state and local law enforcement agencies were actively searching on the ground and from the air for the gunman, who is described as a balding white man in his mid-30s, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans.

Meanwhile Crawford is said to be recovering and doing well. He was taken to Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple.

Crawford began working at KCEN in September 2012, after working in Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and Illinois.