Newark Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, was killed in a flurry of bullets allegedly fired by a 14-year-old as he sat in his car. City of Newark.

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.

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 ...

The mother of slain Newark police detective Joseph Azcona tearfully recalled her lost son’s last night — and talked of the heartbreak she felt after learning the tragic news. “That was my baby.

Newark police Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, was killed when a 14-year-old boy allegedly gunned him down in his car March 7.

Emotional funeral for slain Newark police sergeant 02:46. The funeral for Sgt. Joseph Azcona, a New Jersey police officer killed in the line of duty, was held Friday in Newark.. Azcona, a five ...

Funeral arrangements for Azcona have not yet been announced. He is survived by his parents and five siblings. 14-year-old charged with murder in Newark detective's shooting death ...

Road closures were reported near Newark due to the large turnout expected for Joseph Azcona's funeral. NEWARK − Family, friends and members of law enforcement gathered at the Cathedral Basilica ...

Joseph Azcona, Newark cop killed by 14-year-old, hailed as ‘true hero’ (@NJSP/X) Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens said at a news conference that Azcona “was shot before he even had ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (center) listens during a press conference held at the ProsecutorÕs Office in Newark to give an update on the shooting of Newark Detective Joseph Azcona and another Newark ...

Azcona died from his injuries just after 2 a.m. Saturday at Newark's University Hospital. He is survived by his mother, father and five brothers.

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Sgt. Joseph Azcona was posthumously promoted to sergeant during his funeral Friday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. “A week prior to Detective ...