BBC Breakfast was interrupted for a heart-breaking update on a school shooting in Minneapolis, which has tragically claimed the lives of two children and left 17 others injured.
As correspondent Tom Bateman reported live from the scene in the United States, viewers were left irate despite the devastating news, questioning his need to be "standing outside the school in the dark".
One incensed viewer tweeted: "Tragic. But do we really need a BBC reporter standing outside at the scene in the dark? No."
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Another pondered: "So sad, but I just wonder if Tom needed to fly out to stand there, really.."
Two children lost their lives in the attack, which is currently being probed as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime against Catholics.
An eight-year-old and a 10-year-old tragically passed away, while 14 children and three adults were injured. The 23-year-old shooter died from a self-inflicted wound at the scene.
Reporting live from the scene, Tom shared: "Being here, Naga, we've just heard that sense of absolute frustration from the politicians involved here.
"You've had US senators here, the state governor Tim Walz who ran as the vice presidential nominee for the Democrats, of course.
"At the end of last year, as well as the mayor of Minneapolis, all basically saying that there aren't any words for what happened here because these things shouldn't happen.
"They of course voiced yet again they're coming out having to try and find the words because politically the gun control situation does not change in this country."
He elaborated: "In terms of the investigation, two key strands to this. First of all around the searches that the police and the FBI are [conducting].

"Three of those are at premises they say are residential premises linked to the assailant [Robin] Westman, where they have found other weapons.
"And also making clear that the weapons Westman used, including a semi-automatic rifle, were all purchased legally."
Tom also referred to a YouTube video posted by Westman as a "manifesto", informing viewers: "The other part of it is that YouTube video, which is just a deeply disturbing 10 minute watch. It has been taken down from YouTube.
"But all of the messages in that are going to be a core part of the probe that is being carried out by these agencies, including now the police and the FBI."
BBC Breakfast airs everyday from 6am on ITV1 and ITVX
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