Teen accused of killing New Jersey police officer to be charged as adult, new US attorney says

Interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba has announced that a 14-year-old pack member accused of fatally shooting a Newark constabulary detective will beryllium charged arsenic an big successful national tribunal arsenic she vows to ace down connected convulsive transgression successful the Garden State. 

The teen suspect, who has not yet been publically identified and is an alleged subordinate of the convulsive Bloods gang, is accused of shooting and sidesplitting Detective Joseph Azcona successful Newark past period portion helium was wrong his constabulary vehicle. Another serviceman was besides injured successful the shooting. 

"We’ll beryllium charging that insignificant arsenic an adult. We filed the papers yesterday," Habba told the New York Post connected Wednesday arsenic she accompanied a multi-agency instrumentality enforcement raid on wanted criminals successful Brick City.

Interim New Jersey US Attorney Alina Habba, left, and slain Detective Joseph Azcona, right. Habba has announced that a 14-year-old pack member accused of fatally shooting Azcona will beryllium charged arsenic an big successful national tribunal arsenic she vowed to ace down connected convulsive transgression successful the Garden State.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images, left, and Newark Police Department, right.)

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Habba, President Donald Trump’s erstwhile lawyer who was sworn successful to her caller relation connected Friday, issued a steadfast informing to convulsive underage offenders.

"The connection is precise clear: If you’re a child, I don’t care. If you sprout a cop, you’re getting tried arsenic an adult. I person nary tolerance for unit and we’re gonna cleanable up New Jersey."

Offenders nether property 15 cannot beryllium tries arsenic adults New Jersey but Habba said her bureau filed papers to instrumentality the lawsuit to national tribunal wherever the teen volition beryllium eligible.

"He’s 14 years old; he’s portion of a pack — helium changeable a bull who came retired to get him and the serviceman is present dead. He was 26 years old," Habba told the Post. 

The teen was initially charged with murder, attempted execution and possession of amerciable weapons.

The country wherever Detective Joseph Azcona was fatally changeable past month. (WNYW)

POLICE OFFICER KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED IN SHOOTING INVOLVING 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT: AUTHORITIES

The slain serviceman was portion of a squad of Newark constabulary detectives and national agents that had gone to seizure a fishy successful an amerciable weapons sting erstwhile the serviceman was fired connected successful his vehicle, authorities said.

The different serviceman who was struck was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening, authorities said. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka called the shooting a "heinous, callous disregard for humanity" and that officers had gone to the country knowing that "grave information was possible."

During Wednesday’s raid, instrumentality enforcement arrested an 18-year-old alleged Bloods pack subordinate with a past of weapons charges and wanted for aggravated battle aft an incidental successful which helium allegedly changeable 2 people, the Post reported. 

Attorney Alina Habba speaks to the media extracurricular of tribunal during opening statements successful President Donald Trump's proceedings for allegedly covering up hush wealth payments astatine Manhattan Criminal Court connected April 22, 2024, successful New York City. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images)

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Habba, meanwhile, also outlined her zero tolerance for quality trafficking successful New Jersey. 

"One of my archetypal orders of concern was creating a Human Trafficking Task Force and appointing an incredibly talented and passionate Assistant U.S. Attorney to pb it," Habba wrote connected X Wednesday.

"The World Cup volition beryllium hosted successful New Jersey successful 2026 and it volition beryllium safe. WE WILL BE READY!"

The Associated Press contributed to this report.