Massachusetts cop killing suspect fatally shot after standoff

The suspect in the killing of a 42-year-old Massachusetts police officer was shot and killed Sunday evening during a shootout at a home just miles from the initial incident, officials said.

A state trooper was also wounded in the exchange of gunfire with the suspect, who was identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano.

Auburn police officer Ronald Tarentino leaves behind his wife and children after he was fatally shot during a traffic stop around 12:30 a.m. in Auburn, about 50 miles west of Boston, police said.

The shooter ran, and he was eventually located at a duplex in Oxford, Massachusetts, police said.

Police surrounded the home, which was less than 5 miles from the shooting scene this afternoon, and though police would not say what was going on, ABC News reporters on the scene heard officers apparently negotiating with someone inside the house, trying to convince them to come out.

At around 6 p.m., a SWAT team entered the home and there was an exchange of gunfire with the suspect, officials said at a press conference Sunday evening.

Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis called the killing of Tarentino a “tragic loss,” describing him as a “dedicated and brave public servant.”

Sluckis said the investigation into Tarentino’s murder is ongoing, even though the suspect is dead.