A manhunt is underway for the suspect in a Massachusetts cop killing
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A manhunt was underway on Sunday in central Massachusetts for a gunman who shot and killed a police officer during a traffic stop just after midnight, state police said.
Ronald Tarentino, a 42-year-old officer in Auburn, Massachusetts, was fatally shot around 12:30 a.m. EDT in the town, which is approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Boston.
The shooter fled the scene in his vehicle, according to police.
In an advisory released by Massachusetts State Police and shared by police departments on Twitter, authorities said Jorge Zambrano, 35, was wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting.
The bulletin said Zambrano should be considered armed and dangerous.
Video taken by local television news outlets showed dozens of officers lining the road as Tarentino's body was transported from a hospital to the medical examiner's office in Boston.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Alan Crosby)