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Remember that shocking video that surfaced showing an officer shooting at a minivan full of kids in a high speed chase?

Well that officer just got the axe from duty.

The officer involved in the chaotic October traffic stop was fired according to a spokesman with the law enforcement agency said Friday.

Fox reports:

Lt. Emmanuel Gutierrez, a State Police spokesman, said he confirmed with State Police Chief Pete Kassetas that Officer Elias Montoya was no longer employed by the department. Montoya’s termination was effective at 5 p.m. Friday.

Montoya has 30 days to appeal his firing to the Public Safety Advisory Commission, which is made up of civilians appointed by the governor. Montoya, who had been with the department for about 12 years, doesn’t have a listed phone number.

Earlier this week, the officer was placed on an administrative leave with pay following an investigation into the shooting outside the northern New Mexico tourist town of Taos. Then, on Tuesday, he was notified that the agency proposed to terminate him. And soon after, Kassetas, in consultation with Department of Public Safety Secretary Gorden Eden, made the final decision after a disciplinary hearing Thursday to let him go.

The chase was pretty horrific. Do you guys think the officer deserved to get the axe? Sound off in the comment section below.