The Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been fired, city officials told media on Tuesday.
The officer, Timothy Loehmann, had been on the force for less than a year before the November 2014 shooting.
Loehmann's partner Frank Garmback, who had been driving the police cruiser in the moments leading up to the shooting, has also been suspended without pay for 10 days.
The disciplinary action against both officers comes more than a year after Cleveland settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the Rice family for $6 million.
A grand jury declined in 2015 to indict both officers in Rice's death.
Rice's shooting, which was captured by security cameras outside a recreation center, prompted national outrage and protests over police use of force.
The footage shows Loehmann and Garmback's police cruiser skidding to a halt near Rice, at which point Loehmann opens the car door and begins firing at Rice within seconds. Rice had been holding a toy gun with the orange safety tip cut off.
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