
Interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced that a 14-year-old gang member was charged with fatal shooting of a Newark police detective will be indicted in federal court for vowing to suppress violent crimes in Garden State.
this Teen suspectNot publicly identified and is a member of a gang of violent descent, who was accused of shooting and killing detective Joseph Azcona in Newark last month when he was inside the police station. Another officer was also injured in the shooting.
Haba tells Adults New York Post Wednesday, as she accompanied the law enforcement attack on Brick City.

Left New Jersey attorney Alina Habba, left, killed Detective Joseph Azcona. Habba announced that a 14-year-old gang member was charged with fatal shooting of Azcona to be accused of adulthood in federal court after she vowed to fight violent crimes in Garden State. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (left) and Newark Police Department, right.
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Habba, former lawyer for President Donald Trump, vowed on Friday to take up a new position and issued a firm warning to violent minor offenders.
“The news is very clear: If you are a kid, I don’t care. If you shoot the police, you’ll be tried as an adult. I don’t tolerate violence and we’ll clean up New Jersey.”
A criminal under 15 can’t try like a New Jersey adult, but Haba said her office filed documents to file the case in a federal court where the juvenile qualifies.
“He’s 14; he’s part of a gang-he shot and killed a policeman, he came out to find him, and he’s dead now. He’s 26,” Haba told The Post.
The teenager was initially charged Being murderedattempted murder and possession of illegal weapons.

Detective Joseph Azcona was fatally shot last month. (Do)
Police were killed, another injured shooting involved 14-year-old suspect: authorities
The killed officer is part of Newark police detectives and federal agent team The officer was fired Authorities said it was in his car.
Authorities said another assaulted officer was hospitalized for no life-threatening injuries. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka called the shooting “outrageous, ruthless human ignorance” and police knew it “may be a possible serious danger.”
According to the Post, law enforcement arrested an 18-year-old blood gang member with a weapon history during the raid on Wednesday and wanted to aggravate the attack for allegedly shooting two people.

Attorney Alina Habba, speaking to the media in President Donald Trump’s opening statement at the trial, allegedly covering up the bustling money in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 22, 2024. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images)
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Meanwhile, Haba also outlines her zero tolerance for human trafficking in New Jersey.
“One of my first businesses was to build a human trafficking task force and appoint a very talented and enthusiastic American lawyer to lead it,” Habba wrote on Wednesday.
“this World Cup It will be held in New Jersey in 2026, which will be safe. We’ll be ready! ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.