and the investigation is ongoing into Friday's fatal shooting of a Newark police officer 26-year-old detective Joseph Azcona a 5-year veteran of the force was investigating illegal gun activity in the city when he was shot to death before he could get out of his car authorities say a second officer was also shot and remains in the hospital prosecutors have charged a 14-year-old with murder attempted murder and other weapons offenses five other people were also taken into custody authorities say the teenager whose name hasn't been released was hospitalized with injuries from the exchange of gunfire and is expected to survive according to prosecutors Azcona was part of a special intelligence unit within the New York Police Department investigating a group they believed had illegal weapons when the shooting occurred his body was escorted by a police procession Saturday afternoon from University Medical Center to a funeral home in Newark.

Newark's mayor Tas Baraka this weekend pointed to the danger officer's face every day on the job adding that Azcona knew there was danger where he was heading but went anyway [Music]