The shooting was shocking not only because of its victims — two Newark cops, tasked with taking firearms off the street — but also because of the age of their alleged gunman.
A year has gone by since Detective Joseph Azcona was killed and his partner was seriously wounded in that barrage of gunfire in the city’s North Ward.
The slaying brought an outpouring of grief from New Jersey’s law enforcement community, and calls for accountability for the 14-year-old who authorities said opened fire — so much so that federal prosecutors took over the case, saying the penalties the teen faced as a juvenile in state court were too lenient…