Alleged Cop-Killer Had Long History, Including Violent Encounters with Police

Jorge Zambrano, of Worcester, allegedly shot dead an Auburn Police officer early Sunday morning, and later wounded a state police trooper during a shootout. But it wasn't his first, or even second, violent encounter with the law.

Multiple news outlets unearthed Zambrano's lengthy criminal record Monday in the wake of his what police believe to be his murder of Auburn Officer Ronald Tarentino, and Zambrano's own death during a shootout with police that followed Sunday.

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As reported by FOX 25, those records show Zambrano allegedly punched an officer in the face in 2007, in addition to punching and kicking two officers on the ground. During a January 2016 traffic stop, FOX 25 reports, Zambrano allegedly pulled a Worcester police officer into his vehicle with his pit bull.

Zambrano was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, but he received no jail time, FOX 25 reports.

Court records show Zambrano also spent time in prison on cocaine trafficking charges.

Zambrano, 35, reportedly shot and killed Tarentino during a traffic stop just after midnight Sunday morning. He then holed up in an Oxford home, where state police say they found him hiding in a closet. A shootout ensued, wounding one trooper and killing Zambrano, according to state police.

Just one week earlier, Mass. State Police report Zambrano was arrested, charged on May 16 with operating under a revoked licenses, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and attaching plates, after a state trooper found him driving one car with a different vehicle's license plates attached.

Zambrano was booked at the Holden Barracks, state police said in a statement Monday, and would have been scheduled for arraignment at Worcester District Court.

According to state police, Zambrano also had a pit bull on scene during the shootout in Oxford Sunday morning. Officers on-scene reportedly determined it was not a threat and did not shoot. The dog's whereabouts are now unknown, state police said.

A state trooper reportedly wounded by Zambrano during the shootout is on track to make a full recovery, after undergoing surgery at UMass Hospital-Lakeside in Worcester. State police said that, per policy, they will not be identifying the trooper, an 18-year-veteran of the force.

>> Photo of Officer Tarentino courtesy of WHDH, 7-News