U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba is taking an unflinching stance on the case of the shooting death of a Newark police officer.
Habba’s first case since she was sworn into her position last week is centered on Sergeant Joseph Azcona, who was allegedly shot and killed last month by a 14-year-old boy, who also is accused of shooting and wounding a second police officer. Habba filed paperwork on Thursday to try the suspect as an adult.
“This is really the way it should be. If you shoot a police officer, if you shoot anyone, I don’t care what your age is, if you are part of a gang and have a repeated history of crime, you will be tried as an adult,” Habba said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends Thursday.
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