The mom of slain Newark police detective Joseph Azcona tearfully recalled her misplaced son final night time — and talked of the heartbreak she felt after studying the tragic information.
“That was my child. He at all times stated he wished to be a cop when he was little and when he grew up he took the check,” Martha Vargas, 56, informed The Publish on Saturday.
Vargas stated she was known as to the hospital within the wee hours by her nephew, additionally a cop, however didn’t anticipate to see her son on his deathbed.
“I assumed it was one thing easy,” she stated.
“Once I went to the hospital, he was like that. They shot him within the head,” Vargas stated with tears in her eyes.
The mom of 5 stated that she at all times frightened about her youngest son because of the inherent threat of being a police officer.
“He was at all times saying he wasn’t in peril,” she stated of Joseph, who was born and raised in Newark, town he died defending.
Vargas stated she couldn’t imagine the accused killer was simply 14.
“It’s loopy. It’s loopy. A younger child,” she stated, shaking her head.
“Generally you possibly can blame the dad and mom however generally you possibly can’t. You don’t know what they’re doing. You can not blame them. I don’t blame the dad and mom, imagine me,” Vargas informed The Publish.
“You understand how youngsters are after they get with different youngsters.”
Apart from the charged 14-year-old, 4 different people have been taken into custody and questioned in relation to the incident.
The alleged teen gunman was with a big group that was gathered close to a McDonald’s and a White Fort within the north part of Newark, on Friday, when the barrage of bullets rang out, simply after 6:30 p.m.
Joseph Azcona died within the early hours of Saturday morning at College Hospital in Newark.
Azcona’s injured associate remains to be recovering in that hospital — as is the 14-year-old alleged assailant, who was additionally struck by a bullet through the incident.
Further reporting by Shane Galvin
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