Man Charged with Murder After NYC Mom Azsia Johnson Was Shot While Pushing Her Baby in a Stroller

Mar. 15, 2025

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NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced viaTwitterFriday that 22-year-old Isaac Argo “has been arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in regard to the tragic shooting of Azsia Johnson on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.”

“@NYPDDetectivescontinue to be relentless in their pursuit of justice,” she continued.

United States Marshals and the NYPD Fugitive Task Force took him into custody, perPix11.

Police sources told theNew York Postthat the mother of two’s ex-boyfriend allegedly previously “stalked” and abused Johnson.

It’s not clear if Argo has retained a lawyer to comment on his behalf.

On Wednesday night, Johnson waspushing a strolleron the Upper East Side of Manhattan when someone approached her and shot her in the head, the New York Police Department previouslyconfirmed toPEOPLE.

In one of her final text messages, Johnson told a family member she was meeting with her 3-month-old’s father “to work things out,” police sources toldABC7in New York.

“I knew it was going to come to this, and I told my daughter this,” her mother Lisa Desort told the outlet. “For some reason, she felt like she needed to be tracked, so she text her sister and said, ‘This is my location, just in case.’ "

“She had a child early and she was the most wonderful mother that you can imagine. She was hard working. She worked every day. She’s got more credit than a 30-, 40-year-old person has. She aspired to have houses and give her children the best of everything,” Desort said.

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She shared that Desort refused to have her little ones wear hand-me-downs and believed, “They were new babies. They deserved new clothes.”

“My daughter was amazing,” Desort said.

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source: people.com