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New Mexico police officer Elias Montoya has been suspended after firing at a van filled with a mother and her children attempting to flee the scene, hit the jump for more!

Adriela Batista

After a traffic stop gone wrong involving one mother and her children, what first started with one official on duty turned into even greater chaos when helping officials opened fir at the fleeing van.

“New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas told The Associated Press on Thursday that officer Elias Montoya has been suspended with pay pending a disciplinary investigation into the shooting outside the small tourist town of Taos.” HP

New Mexico officials were pressed after video from the police car’s dashboard surfaced, exposing the chaos and shooting.