Ronald Tarentino Jr. was a police officer from Auburn, Massachusetts. He was married and had three children. ^[undefined]

On May 22, 2016 Tarentino was shot during a traffic stop early early in the morning.

Tarentino had pulled over Jorge Zambrano. Zambrano shot Tarentino and fled the scene. ^[1]

Tarentino was known to coworkers as a "gentle giant".

Neighbors remembered him as a “good guy,” who walked his children to the bus stop and removed snow from others’ driveways.

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