They have radios, they have more cops up the road, they have spike strips and so on. Absolutely no legitimate reason to shoot.
Everybody there goofed up big time but shooting at a fleeing car occupied by innocent people, when it is not in any way an immediate threat, can not be condoned.
NM State Police patrol pretty large areas. 2 of my nephews were on the force for a while and each had 800 to 1000 square miles of area where they were the only NMSP. I was surprised to see three cruisers in this video. About 400 officers and over 200,000 square miles.