Newark officer shot: Funeral for 26-year-old Detective Joseph Azcona shot and killed within the line of obligation to be held Friday
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and a sea of police, public officers, and dignitaries will encompass the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Coronary heart in Newark for the ten:30 a.m. funeral for Newark Detective Joseph Azcona, fatally shot within the line of obligation one week in the past.
A Newark police officer of 5 years, Azcona, 26, was on task final Friday evening with an intelligence unit that responded to stories of suspects with unlawful firearms.
He was shot at about 6:37 p.m., earlier than he even had an opportunity to go away his police cruiser, on the intersection of Broadway and Carteret.
A 14-year-old armed with an computerized weapon was arrested. The suspect and one other officer have been additionally hit within the gunfire, each survived.
A non-public wake was held Thursday at Buyus Funeral House within the metropolis’s Ironbound district. The slain detective’s physique is predicted to be transported from the funeral dwelling to the church.
“This week is gonna be powerful. Subsequent week is gonna be powerful. The week after that. The subsequent week, the following month, the following 12 months. We received a category stepping into subsequent week, they’re gonna know his title, Joey goes down in historical past all people from Newark, Essex County, Union County, Hudson County, New Jersey, each state on this nation goes to recollect his title,” Officer Shaquilla Brown stated.
The funeral can be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 14, 2025, on the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Coronary heart, 89 Ridge Road, Newark.
Governor Murphy has ordered that flags fly at half-staff in Azcona’s honor on Friday.
It has been greater than 20 years since a Newark police officer was killed within the line of obligation.
Azcona was promoted to detective two years in the past and assigned to the intelligence unit.
Officers with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Workplace stated the 14-year-old was charged with quite a few crimes together with homicide, tried homicide and possession of unlawful weapons.
Within the state of New Jersey, a 14-year-old can’t be tried as an grownup below any circumstance.
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