Adams spoke to a devastated Lisa Desort as mourners gathered near the scene Wednesday night that claimed the life of 20-year-old Asia Johnson. The mayor could be seen hugging Desort before the couple spoke to the crowd of mourners gathered at the candlelight vigil. Mayor Eric Adams spoke to a distressed Lisa Dessert Thursday night at a vigil for her murdered daughter, Asia Johnson, on the Upper East Side. Paul MartinkaThe mayor hugged the victim’s emotional mother before addressing both mourners by candlelight vigil. Paul MartinkaAzsia Johnson, 20, was shot shortly before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday as she was walking with her baby girl in a stroller near the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street. At one point, Adams was found consoling her weeping 7-year-old niece Johnson, who was wearing a dress given to her by her slain aunt. Johnson was killed shortly before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday as she was walking with her baby girl in a stroller near the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street. She was reportedly abused by the baby’s father in the past – and the man was wanted for questioning by police after the shooting, law enforcement sources and her family told The Post on Thursday. Sources said Johnson’s murder was “domestic”. A senior police source told The Post that he was “targeted Ή It was a shot to the head and there were dust burns”. During the vigil, a Desort grief urged the city and police to take domestic violence cases more seriously.
“[I]”They are not guns, they are the people who shoot the guns,” he said, adding that Adams did his best to tackle the Big Apple crime.
“This is a serious response to domestic violence[ly]. » Adams comforted Johnson’s 7-year-old niece who was crying in her wake on Thursday night. Paul MartinkaThe victim’s 7-year-old niece was wearing a dress given to her by her murdered aunt. Paul MartinkaJohnson’s sad mother told those gathered at her daughter’s vigil that the city and police had to take domestic violence cases more seriously.Paul Martinka Adams went on to say that the latest shooting felt personal because he had previously worked with Desort when she was an EMT in town and he was a New York officer. “It’s so close to home,” Adams said.
No arrests had been made as of Friday morning.