ANGRY BLACK BIRD KILLED BEAUTIFUL BIRD

Azsia Johnson’s ex Isaac Argro charged in slaying of 20-year-old NYC mom 

 

By Joe Marino, Larry Celona,Jack Morphet andPatrick Reilly

 

 New York Post

July 1, 2022 

 

 

Azsia Johnson was on her way to meet Isaac Argro when she was shot in the head at point-blank range Wednesday night. The shooting took place on Lexington Avenue and East 95th 

 

The ex-boyfriend of the 20-year-old woman who was fatally shot while walking her 3-month-old infant in a stroller on the Upper East Side has been charged with her murder, police said.

Isaac Argro, 22, who was named a person of interest in the killing of Azsia Johnson soon after she was slain Wednesday night, was captured Friday and hauled to Manhattan’s 19th Precinct, police said.

At the station house, Argro, who shares a child with Johnson, refused to speak to investigators and asked for a lawyer, sources said.

He was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a tweet. 

 

Azsia Johnson was killed on the Upper East Side while walking with her baby in a stroller 

 

Johnson’s mother, Lisa DeSort, celebrated Argro’s arrest, and said “justice is being served,” in a Friday night interview with The Post.

But, the grief-stricken mom added, “it won’t bring my girl back. My baby is still in a cold box.”

As the murder suspect was led out of the precinct en route to Manhattan Crimnal Court late Friday, he ignored reporters’ questions. But while entering Manhattan Central Booking he said, “I’m innocent!”

Argro, of Brooklyn, was on law enforcement’s radar from the get-go over allegations that he abused and “stalked” Johnson in the past, sources and relatives have said.

 

Isaac Argro is escorted by members of the New York Police Department from the 19th Precinct on July 1, 2022 in New York, NY 

Azsia Johnson’s ex-boyfriend is seen being taken into custody in relation to the case on July 1, 2022

 

Johnson had reported to the cops on New Year’s Day that her ex had assaulted her at his home in Jamaica, Queens, while she was six months pregnant with his child, according to relatives and police sources.

The young mom even moved to an East Harlem domestic abuse shelter at one point over safety concerns, her mom Lisa DeSort had told The Post, but “somehow [Argro] found out where my daughter lived,” she said.

          Isaac Argro has been charged in the shooting slay of his ex, Azsia Johnson, this week

 

Despite her fears, Johnson told relatives she planned to meet the infant’s dad on Wednesday night because she “felt bad” that he wasn’t in their daughter’s life, sources and relatives said.

“She was really depressed about her baby not having a father,” DeSort told The Post in a separate Friday interview.

“She was like ‘mommy, my baby’s not gonna have a father, because of the way he is. If he would just change we could co-parent. But I’m even scared to let him keep her,’” DeSort recalled.

Johnson was on her way to meet her ex when she was shot in the head at point-blank range near Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street, police and law enforcement sources have said. 

 Azsia Johnson was shot in the head while walking with her 3-month-old on the Upper East Side Wednesday

Johnson’s 3-month-old baby was not harmed in the slaying

 

DeSort said her daughter had a bad feeling about seeing her ex, but went ahead with it anyway.

“I said your ‘gut is telling you don’t, so don’t — I really don’t think you should deal with him at all’” DeSort recalled telling her daughter.

“But you know kids are going to do what they want to do.”

DeSort, who demanded the city and cops take domestic violence cases more seriously at a Thursday night candlelight vigil, said she had spoken personally with Mayor Eric Adams about becoming a voice for domestic abuse victims.

“I will try and do something for domestic violence. I feel my voice and my experience might be able to help another young woman who is being abused.”

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Argro was an ‘angry bird’ with rage issues, victim’s mom says 

 

By Jack Morphet, Dean Balsamini and Melissa Klein

 

July 2, 2022

 

 

 

 

The man accused of gunning down his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend as she walked their 3-month-old girl in a stroller on the Upper East Side has rage issues — and was nicknamed “angry bird” by the victim’s family, her heartbroken mom said Saturday.

Isaac Argro — who was busted Friday night and charged in the cold-blooded killing of young mom Azsia Johnson — is “skinny and quiet but you can see the anger in him,” Lisa DeSort told The Post.

 

Lisa DeSort, mother of Azsia Johnson, called Isaac Argro an "angy bird" 

 

“I don’t like Isaac. He’s angry. He’s very angry. We call him ‘angry bird.’ He looks like an angry bird, and he acts like an angry bird,” DeSort said.

“He thinks he’s a gangster. He says he’s in the Crips but he has pictures wearing Bloods clothing. He’s no gangster, even though he’d like to think he was.”

The 22-year-old suspect is “a narcissist, the epitome of a narcissist,” Johnson’s grief-stricken mom said.

Argro, of Brooklyn, had been on law enforcement’s radar over allegations that he abused and “stalked” Johnson in the past, sources and relatives have said.

He was awaiting arraignment Saturday on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

Johnson, who has a son who is nearly two from a previous relationship, had been conflicted about whether to abort her baby with Argro because she feared him, but ultimately “chose life,” her mom said through tears.

 

Isaac Argro, 22, has been accused of killing Azsia Johnson

 

“My daughter actually went to the doctor and got [abortion] medicine. She came home and she sat down and said ‘I can’t do it, I don’t care Mommy, this is my baby and I’m going to take care of her and I’m going to love her’ and she did,” DeSort said.

Johnson, a home health aide, told relatives she planned to meet her infant’s dad on Wednesday night because she “felt bad” that he wasn’t in their daughter’s life, sources and family members said.

She was shot at point-blank range near Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street as she walked to the planned meeting, according to sources.

DeSort said a mutual friend introduced Argro to her daughter about a year ago, when the young woman was feeling sad over another relationship that had just ended.

The “honeymoon” phase of Johnson’s relationship with Argro lasted about a month before things “started turning bad,” DeSort said, painting a picture of a rage-filled and controlling boyfriend.

The mom said Argro showed up uninvited at her house one day and was upset that Johnson had arrived there late.

 

Isaac Argro was nicknamed “angry bird” by the victim’s family

 

“That’s when the red flags were raised for me because she didn’t even tell him to come over,” DeSort said. “He was upset and when she came home, you could see his whole demeanor change — he was pacing back and forth and breathing hard.”

DeSort said she warned him to “calm your attitude,” to no avail.

“He went outside and put on that killer rap, that drill rap…I started getting scared the way he was pacing back and forth. I had known him for a month and something wasn’t right, his energy was real bad,” she said.

 

Azsia Johnson was shot on the Upper East Side on Wednesday, June 29, 2022

 

Johnson was so worried about his conduct that she moved into a domestic violence shelter last fall to protect her older child, DeSort said.

She said Argro worked as a FedEx deliveryman and griped around Christmas time that he didn’t get his paychecks and quit. But she suspects he was fired.

“He said, ‘I’m doing an effed up job, just to support a baby I don’t even know is mine,'” DeSort recalled.

 

Johnson was allegedly shot and killed by her Argro 

 

On New Year’s Day, Johnson went to Argro’s house in Jamaica, Queens and wanted to take home some baby clothes — but he tried to stop her from leaving, DeSort said.

Johnson, who was pregnant at the time, called her mother crying, and DeSort said she phoned the police.

“He beat her. She had black eyes and scrapes on her neck. She said ‘He’s hitting me, I want to leave, I want to leave, but he won’t let me leave,'” DeSort recalled.

 

NYPD investigates the scene at E. 95th St. between third Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan

Johnson ended the relationship after the incident — but Argro continued stalking and harassing her even though she kept blocking him, DeSort said.

In March, he allegedly managed to get through to her on the phone and said “If you don’t unblock me bitch, I will kill your mother today,” DeSort said.

DeSort said she called the domestic violence counselor who had been assigned to Johnson after the New Year’s Day incident and reported Argro’s conduct.

 

Argro was busted Friday night and charged in the cold-blooded killing of young mom Johnson

The counselor told the appalled mom that Argro had a right to speak his mind because it was “freedom of speech,” DeSort claimed.

DeSort, during a Thursday night vigil for her daughter, demanded the police take domestic violence cases more seriously.

Johnson, whose own father is not in her life, was depressed that her daughter wouldn’t have a dad and, sometime after she gave birth on March 25, took the infant to see Argro in Queens, according to her mom.

 

Johnson told relatives she planned to meet her infant’s dad on Wednesday night because she “felt bad” that he wasn’t in their daughter’s life

 

But the visit turned ugly, DeSort said.

She said, ” ‘Mommy I don’t feel comfortable. I just wanted to see if it would change’ but he was looking at the baby and saying ‘Your mother is such a bitch. Look at your forehead, you have her forehead,'” DeSort recalled.

The mom said she begged her daughter to cut off all contact with Argro, who suddenly turned nice to Johnson in the days leading up to her murder.

“I even told her, ‘Watch that’ because out of nowhere he started being nice,” DeSort said. “He was trying to do something. He’s gonna get what he wants, and this is exactly what he wanted. I know this is what he wanted — to hurt my daughter.”