Family members of Detective Joseph Azcona stand near the casket during his funeral service at the Cathedral Basilica of Sacred Heart in Newark. REUTERS Azcona’s partner, who wasn’t identified ...

Family, friends and supporters gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark to pay respects to Newark Detective Joseph Azcona.

Gov. Phil Murphy and Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka joined mourners in a packed Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark for a bilingual Mass in English and Spanish. Azcona, 26, died Friday ...

The funeral for slain Newark police Detective Joseph Azcona will be on Friday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, the police department announced. Azcona died Friday evening ...

A funeral service have been scheduled for Newark Detective Joseph Azcona who was fatally shot in the line of duty on Friday night.

Police officers line up to enter the cathedral during the funeral of Newark Detective Joseph Azcona at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark March 14, 2025.

The signing of this executive order comes just one day before the 26-year-old detective's funeral, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday morning at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in ...

Officers from local departments and state police lined the streets outside the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, showing support for Azcona’s family. Tony Caputo Mar 14, 2025, 5:41 PM ...

Newark Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, has been posthumously promoted to sergeant, officials announced Friday during his funeral.

Azcona had been on the force for five years. His funeral was held on Friday at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. A letter the detective wrote in 2019 to the local police academy ...