Azsia Johnson was shot dead while playing with her three months daughter. The victim was a 20-year-old young mother.
The young mother, Azsia Johnson, was shot and killed while playing with her 3-month-old baby in a stroller on the Upper East Side.
She was a domestic violence victim, and cops are looking to speak with the child’s father about the abuse.
Azsia Johnson Shot To Death In NYC
A young mother Azsia Johnson, was fatally shot on the Upper East Side. She was a devoted parent and aspiring pediatric nurse.
“She was a wonderful mother,” the victim’s mother, Lisa Desort. “She dressed them in brand new clothes because she only wanted the best for her children.”
According to NYPD, Johnson was fatally shot in the head while pushing a stroller on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Her mother, Desort stated that her daughter, Azsia Johnson, had taken her baby daughter to the park on Wednesday night when the incident occurred.
At around 8:25 p.m., Johnson was fatally shot in the head while pushing a 3-month-old child near Lexington Avenue and ’95th Street.
The victim texted relatives that she planned to meet her infant’s father on Wednesday night.
Azsia Johnson’s Mother Lisa Desort And Facebook
Azsia Johnson was shot while going out with her 3-month-old baby in a stroller on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
“We called the police station several times to inform the domestic violence unit that he was stalking and harassing her.”
Furthermore, “even though they knew where he lived, they failed to apprehend and arrest him,” the mother, Liza Desort, explained.
“The city did not protect my daughter,” Desort added. The NYPD did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
According to law enforcement sources, Johnson had previously been the victim of domestic violence, and her shooting death was “domestic” in nature.
Azsia was taken to Metropolitan Hospital and pronounced dead. The child was luckily not injured.
Desort was too devastated to speak on the phone with reporters, and texted her daughter, calling her “an exceptional young lady” with big dreams.
A 20-year-old mother was fatally shot while pushing a baby stroller on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. “She worked hard and hoped to one day become a pediatric nurse,” Desort wrote.
Johnson lived in the Bronx with her mother and sisters but had been in and out of the shelter system over the last year.