Members of the Newark Police Department salute Newark Detective Joseph Azcona as his body is taken from the medical examiner's office in Newark. Hundreds of vehicles escorted Detective Azcona's ...

Newark police Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, was killed when a 14-year-old boy allegedly gunned him down in his car March 7. Jose Azcona Mourners embrace at Azcona’s funeral on Friday.

Joseph Azcona’s mother speaks out. Azcona’s mom, Martha Vargas, 56, remembered the Newark cop as her “baby.” “That was my baby. He always said he wanted to be a cop when he was little ...

The slain officer, 26-year-old Joseph Azcona, was part of a Newark police intelligence team that had gone to capture a suspect in an illegal weapons investigation when the officer was fired on in his ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (PIX11) — The city of Newark continues to mourn the loss of Detective Joseph Azcona who was fatally shot on the job just days ago. Family, friends, and fellow officers ...

Authorities identified Newark police detective Joseph Azcona as the officer who was allegedly shot and killed by a 14-year-old while on duty on Friday, March 7, during a press conference a day later.

An uncle of slain Newark police detective Joseph Azcona said the family is in shock from the young law officer’s death — and he said he knew who to blame for the tragedy.

In the wake of Detective Joseph Azcona's death at the hands of a 14-year-old suspect, Newark officials and activists reflect on the deep-rooted problems plaguing their community and the urgent ...

If convicted at the federal level of the March 7 killing of Detective Joseph Azcona, the teen could face a longer prison sentence than allowed by state law for young offenders.

The slain officer, 26-year-old Joseph Azcona, was part of a team of Newark police detectives and federal agents that had gone to capture a suspect in an illegal weapons sting when the officer was ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A 14-year-old shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening in New Jersey, authorities said, in a chaotic scene that witnesses described as seeing ...