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.

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 community is mourning the loss of Azcona. LP Media “The entire NYPD is mourning the loss of @NewarkNJPolice Detective Joseph Azcona,” the city’s top cop wrote Saturday.

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.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 officers running down a busy ...