Police slaying suspect dies after shootout

AUBURN, Mass. -- The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts police officer Sunday was wounded fatally in an exchange of gunfire as authorities closed in on him, authorities said.

A Massachusetts State trooper also was wounded and taken to a hospital, officials said at a news conference. They did not release the trooper's name but said he was up and walking later Sunday evening.

Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis assured the central Massachusetts community residents are safe, and any threat to them is over.

A manhunt began after Auburn police officer Ronald Tarentino, 42, was shot fatally during a traffic stop about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Tarentino stopped the vehicle on a residential road, and the vehicle's occupant shot the officer and fled the scene, Sluckis said earlier Sunday.

Auburn is about 45 miles southwest of Boston.

After the manhunt concluded with the death of the suspect, he was identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano.