FRAMINGHAM — As a member of the State Police’s Special Tactical Operations team, State Trooper A.J. Kardoos had responded to hundreds of high-risk situations over the past decade.

But the former Navy SEAL knew the operation to track down and arrest Jorge Zambrano, who was wanted for killing an Auburn police officer May 22 during a routine traffic stop, would be different.

“A barricaded subject, a person so determined as this, is in fact unique,’’ Kardoos said at a news conference at State Police headquarters Monday. “Not many times have we experienced this.’’

Kardoos, 43, was struck in the left shoulder during a shootout with Zambrano, who had holed up in the bedroom of an Oxford duplex in the hours after killing Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. Zambrano was killed by return fire from two other troopers, police said.

The bullet broke Kardoos’s arm. But on Monday, Kardoos said he plans to return to the State Police SWAT team once he heals.

“It’s a tragedy that an officer had to die. I just keep coming back to that,’’ Kardoos said, his left arm held stiff under a suit jacket. “I hope people don’t forget the Auburn police and the Tarentino family, and I hope they heal as fast as I am.’’

Tarentino, 42, was a married father of three children. Zambrano had a long criminal history and was on probation for assaulting a police officer when he killed Tarentino.

Kardoos, who had not previously been identified as the trooper injured in the shootout, recounted the tense exchange between police and Zambrano. The SWAT team (known in Massachusetts as STOP, for Special Tactical Operations) urged him to surrender, but his friend emerged from the duplex to say Zambrano had barricaded himself inside with a pit bull.

“I asked if [Zambrano] was going to come out,’’ said Richard Prior, the officer in charge during the Oxford raid. “The subject stated, ‘No. He wants suicide by cop. He’s not going to come out alive.’ ’’

The team launched tear gas grenades to force Zambrano out, then moved to the second floor of the building. When members entered one of the bedrooms, Zambrano stretched out a pistol behind a closet door and opened fire.

One of the first shots struck Kardoos, who was helped outside by other team members and treated by medics from the UMass Memorial Hospital team they work with.

“I knew something was broken, but I knew I was fine,’’ Kardoos said. “I wasn’t bleeding a whole lot . . . I could feel all my fingers and toes, so I knew it wasn’t that bad.’’

Kardoos was released from the hospital May 26 and attended Tarentino’s funeral the following day. Team members help him get dressed and knot his tie.

Kardoos plans to start physical therapy soon and return to work in the coming weeks.

“You want to seek some normalcy,’’ Kardoos said. “You want to able to go back to work and contribute, play with your children, play golf, quite frankly, and do the things that make you happy.’’

Earlier this month, a trial court review found that the judicial decisions in Zambrano’s five pending criminal cases were lawful, but also called for reforms to better identify potentially violent offenders. Critics said Zambrano should have been in jail for repeatedly assaulting police officers and violating his probation.

Kardoos also remembered his former colleague, State Trooper Thomas Clardy, who was killed while writing a citation in March when a speeding car slammed into his cruiser.

“It’s been a tough stretch for law enforcement,’’ he said. “If I can add a little positivity to this thing, then I will.’’

Miguel Otárola can be reached at miguel.otarola@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @motarola123.