NEWARK — A 14-year-old shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening, authorities said, in a chaotic scene that witnesses described as seeing officers running down a busy ...

Two Newark police officers were shot around 6:35 p.m. Friday evening, one critically injured, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Both officers were rushed to University Hospital ...

“Shots were exchanged upon the interaction with the police and those individuals, and unfortunately two officers and one suspect were hit by gunfire.” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka condemned the ...

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. “It’s the parents.

A Newark police officer was killed and another injured in a shooting involving a 14-year-old suspect, who was also killed. The incident occurred near Broadway and Carteret Street. New Jersey ...

Newark: A 14-year-old boy opened indiscriminate firing near the Passaic River in Newark, leading to the death of a police officer and injuring another. The devastating incident occurred in Newark in ...

A Newark police officer was killed, and another remains in critical condition after a shootout with a 14-year-old suspect Friday evening, authorities confirmed. The incident, which occurred near the ...

An altercation between a 14-year-old boy and a police officer in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday evening left Officer Joseph Azcona dead. The 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting Azcona before he ...

Police officers from across New Jersey lined up outside the medical examiner's office in Newark on Saturday to salute Newark Police Det. Joseph Azcona, who was shot and killed in the line of duty ...

The story has been updated. NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) – A police officer was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Newark Friday evening, sources said. The shooting happened in the area of ...