Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, was shot and killed and a second officer wounded in a gun battle last week in Newark.

A funeral service have been scheduled for Newark Detective Joseph Azcona who was fatally shot in the line of duty on Friday night.

Detective Joseph Azcona was killed during a weapons investigation allegedly by a 14-year-old armed with an automatic weapon.

Joseph Azcona was made detective after just two years on the job and earned numerous awards during his short but stellar ...

Joseph Azcona, 26, a five-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, was gunned down Friday night by a 14-year-old, ...

The funeral for slain Newark police Detective Joseph Azcona will be on Friday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart ...

A 14-year-old boy has been charged in the killing of a Newark, New Jersey, police officer Friday evening during a shootout ...

A 14-year-old has been charged with murder and attempted murder after a police officer in New Jersey was killed in a shootout ...

A police officer was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting Friday evening in Newark, authorities said, as witnesses described a chaotic scene of a dozen or more gunshots and officers ...

NEWARK, N.J. (TNND) — A 14-year-old boy was arrested for the murder of a New Jersey police detective, according to officials.

Police bunting was hanging outside a Newark police station on Sunday, minutes away from the home of the father of Newark Det. Joseph Azcona, who was killed in the line of duty on Friday​.