IT'S A SHAME THAT THE 14-YEAR-OLD GINMAN WAS NOT SHOT DEAD BY THE COPS

Horror as 14-year-old gunman goes on rampage shooting dead one cop and spraying another with bullets

One Newark police officer was killed, another is ‘fighting for his life.’ Four police officers were shot across the US on Friday, with the one in Newark the only fatality. 

 

By Nic White

 

Daily Mail

Mar 8, 2025 

 

 

 

Newark Police Officer Joseph Azcona, 26, was killed on Friday night

 

One cop is dead and another fighting for his life after a shootout with a 14-year-old gunman who fired 29 times at police.

Bullets flew between pedestrians near a McDonald's and a White Castle in Newark before the teenager was finally gunned down by other officers.

The shooting began about 6.30pm on Friday around the intersection of Carteret Street and Broadway. What sparked the gunfight is not yet clear.

Both wounded officers were rushed to University Hospital, where Officer Joseph Azcona, aged just 26, was pronounced dead.

The other is 'fighting for his life' in critical condition after he was shot several times, the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association said.

A pistol was recovered at the scene and police appeared to also take a backpack as evidence.

 

One cop is dead and another fighting for his life after a shootout with a 14-year-old gunman who fired 29 times at police

The shooting began about 6.30pm on Friday around the intersection of Carteret Street and Broadway near a White Castle and McDonald’s where the teen was hanging out. 

Bullets flew between pedestrians near a McDonald's and a White Castle in Newark before the teenager was finally gunned down by other officers

 

The teenager was hanging out with a large group at the fast food outlets before the shooting. Several other suspects were arrested at the scene on unknown charges.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he had been briefed on the shooting and offered his condolences.

'This is a rapidly developing situation. Please pray for these officers, their families, and all our men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to keep us safe,' he said.

Murphy and his wife Tammy made a private visit to the hospital to check on the wounded officer and his colleagues. 

Locals were shocked to hear the gunshots and scrambled to get to safety.

'There was 10 shots, I want to say. I want to say the whole clip basically,' Andrea Perez told ABC 7.

'I just hear the gunshots and I thought it was fireworks, because people are always doing their fireworks, and then I saw a bunch of police come.' 

Four police officers were shot across the US on Friday, with the one in Newark the only fatality.