Authorities arrested two men suspected of robbing a television news crew and shooting its security guard on Sunday.

Journalists working for Oakland's CBS affiliate KPIX-TV were covering the Oakland teachers strike before 5pm on Sunday night at the Oakland Library when a car carrying two suspects pulled up and the driver pulled a gun, demanding their camera.

The crew surrendered the equipment and began walking away.

The suspect then shot the guard, Matt Meredith, in the leg, the news station said.

KPIX-TV reporter Joe Vazquez said on Twitter that Meredith, a retired Berkeley police officer, exchanged gunfire.

Matt Meredith, who works as a security guard for KPIX-TV, is on the ground after he is shot by suspected armed robbers in Oakland on Sunday

Joe Vazquez (right), a reporter for KPIX-TV, and photographer John Anglin (left) were the victims of a robbery. They were not harmed

The robbery and shooting took place as the news crew was gathering interviews at Oakland Library about the teachers strike. The security guard is seen above being evacuated to hospital after he was shot

Meredith was rushed to Highland Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition, KPIX-TV reported.

An Alameda County Sheriff spokesman says that a 21-year-old man with several gunshot wounds walked into a nearby hospital just 15 minutes after the robbery and shooting.

Oakland police arrested the man on suspicion of shooting the news crew's guard.

Just before 7pm local time, the second suspect was arrested after he crashed his car during a high speed chase through a residential neighborhood.

Surveillance footage shows police giving chase after a Lexus sedan which was believed to have been traveling close to 100mph.

The chase ended when the suspect's car crashed onto a sidewalk in East Oakland.

Robberies of television news crews and still photographers have plagued the San Francisco Bay Area in recent years. The image above shows the scene of the robbery and shooting. The yellow triangles indicate bullets

Witnesses said the suspect hit at least four cars before coming to a full stop.

The driver of the Lexus initially refused to get out of the car. Witnesses said that police had their guns drawn and ordered passersby to take cover indoors.

Despite the speed of the chase and the collision involving multiple vehicles, witnesses said the driver of the Lexus was the only one who suffered injuries.

The driver was arrested. It has also been reported that Oakland police have detained several other individuals linked to the robbery.

Assaults on routine assignments became so commonplace in recent years that some television stations have hired armed guards to ride with news crews.

No other information - including what time the robbery took place - was immediately released.

Just before 7pm local time, the second suspect was arrested after he crashed his car during a high speed chase through a residential neighborhood

It's not the first time the station has been the target of theft.

In November 2012, a group of men punched a KPIX cameraman while he was filming in front of an Oakland high school and fled with his camera while it was still recording.

Robberies of television news crews and still photographers have plagued the San Francisco Bay Area in recent years.

The Associated Press tallied five robberies in 2012, two in 2013, three in 2014 and at least three in 2015 plus several burglaries of vehicles.

'We don't know what the market is for these cameras,' San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Andraychuk told The Associated Press in 2015.

Even though the cameras can cost upward of $50,000 each, it is specialized equipment that can't be easily sold on the black market, Andraychuk said, and none of the stolen cameras have turned up on Craigslist, eBay or any other online marketplace.