Isaac Argro, accused killer of NYC mom Azsia Johnson, jailed without bail

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Isaac Argro, accused killer of NYC mom Azsia Johnson, jailed without bail

Isaac Argo, the NYC man accused of killing his 20-year-old ex Azsia Johnson as she pushed their 3-month-old daughter in a stroller, was sent to jail without bail Saturday for a crime prosecutors ca…

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Isaac Argro, accused killer of NYC mom Azsia Johnson, jailed without bail​

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Daniel McKnight and

Jesse O’Neill


July 2, 2022 10:03pm
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Azsia Johnson mom speaks to The Post about daughter's slay

The man accused of killing his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend as she pushed their baby in a stroller on the Upper East Side was sent to jail without bail Saturday for a crime prosecutors called “premeditated execution.”
Isaac Argro, 22, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court Saturday night on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree weapons possession as the distraught mother and sisters of his alleged victim Azsia Johnson looked on.
Johnson, 20, was shot at point-blank range near Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street Wednesday as she pushed her 3-month-old baby in a stroller to meet with Argro, who had recently been trying to get back in the health care worker’s good graces after months of abuse and threats, police and family members said.
Argro was dressed in all black and wore a ski mask as he paced back and forth while waiting to kill his estranged girlfriend, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Brittany DeCesare told Judge Eric Schumacher.
Lisa DeSort, mother of Azsia Johnson, with her daughters following the arraignment.James Keivom DeSort hugs her daughters outside the courthouse.James Keivom
“This case can only be described as a premeditated execution. The defendant persuaded the victim to meet after work and under the guise that he wanted to give the deceased items for their 3-month-old daughter,” DeCesare said, as the victim’s mother, Lisa DeSort, began crying inconsolably.

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“The defendant shot the mother of his child at point-blank range in the head, keeping his crying 3-month-old [daughter] in the stroller as he ran away,” the prosecutor said.
After committing the heinous murder, Argro called Johnson’s family and asked where his child was while threatening that another unidentified person was “next,” officials alleged.
“With respect to bail your honor, the people are requesting that the defendant be remanded. This case can only be described as a premeditated execution,” DeCesare told the judge.
Johnson was fatally shot while walking with her 3-month-old daughter on the Upper East Side. DeSort bashed Queens County for not listening to her daughter’s domestic violence report prior to her death.James Keivom
After Schumacher remanded Argro to jail without bail, the suspected killer asked the court for protective custody and medical attention.
He is set to return to court on July 7 and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
“I thought that I could be stronger than what I was but I did have a little moment of a breakdown because it’s the first time I actually heard what really happened in chronological order,” Lisa DeSort told The Post after court.
“To be honest, I wanted to jump up and scream out, ‘coward,'” she explained. “‘You’re not a man, you’re a monster.” That’s what I wanted to scream out.”
Isaac Argro, Johnson’s alleged killer, is being held in jail without bail.James Keivom
DeSort said her daughter’s alleged killer was a wannabe gang member who her family had nicknamed “Angry Bird.”
“I honestly allowed you into my home. I don’t allow people into my home. I tried to treat you like a son. I wanted you to be a part of your daughter’s life. But you couldn’t be civil. That’s all we wanted. That’s all my daughter wanted,” she said when asked what she would say to Argro.
DeSort thanked the NYPD and Mayor Eric Adams for the city’s quick response to the case. Argro was arrested two days after the killing at his Brooklyn apartment building, which is also home to members of the slain woman’s extended family.
Argro was arraigned on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree weapons possession.DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT After shooting Johnson, Argro allegedly left his daughter in the stroller and ran away.gofundme
However, the grieving mother did blame the city for ignoring her daughter’s complaints of abuse and stalking. At one point when Argro threatened to kill DeSort, a domestic abuse counselor dismissed the remark as “freedom of speech,” she claimed.
“I’m very disappointed in the borough of Queens. When my daughter did reach out, she was abused and she was assaulted, which was documented. She reached out and I reached out numerous times with threats and stalking … we were kind of shoved off and pushed off.,” DeSort said.
The 3-month-old girl and Johnson’s other young child were being cared for by extended family members.
“The baby’s perfectly fine and in great hands,” DeSort said, through a broad smile. “Both babies, as a matter of fact”

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Azsia Johnson’s accused killer Isaac Argro was an ‘Angry Bird’ with rage issues, victim’s mom says

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.

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Azsia Johnson’s accused killer Isaac Argro was an ‘Angry Bird’ with rage issues, victim’s mom says​

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July 2, 2022 3:01pm
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Isaac Argro is escorted by members of the New York Police Department from the 19th Precinct on July 1, 2022



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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.
“I don’t like Isaac. He’s angry. He’s very angry. We call him ‘Angry Bird,’” DeSort, 55, said. “When he got angry, he huffed and puffed and looked like an angry bird.”
“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 arraigned on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon Saturday and remanded to jail without bail, police said.
DeSort was in court waiting for the proceeding along with her younger daughters, who are 13 and 15.
Isaac Argro being arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court.Curtis Means/DailyMail/Pool Isaac Argro, 22, has been accused of killing Azsia Johnson.James Keivom
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.
“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.
The New York Post cover for Friday, July 1, 2022.
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 she will now raise the baby and her grandson with help from family members and the boy’s other grandmother.
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, DeSort said.
Isaac Argro was nicknamed “angry bird” by the victim’s family.
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.
“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.”
Azsia Johnson was shot on the Upper East Side on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.Peter Gerber
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.
Johnson was so worried about his conduct that she moved into a domestic violence shelter last fall to protect her older child, DeSort said.
Johnson was allegedly shot and killed by her Argro.Facebook
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.
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.
NYPD investigates the scene at E. 95th St. between third Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.Daniel William McKnight
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.
Johnson ended the relationship after the incident — but Argro continued stalking and harassing her even though she kept blocking him, DeSort said.
Argro was busted Friday night and charged in the cold-blooded killing of young mom Johnson.Daniel William McKnight
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.
The counselor told the appalled mom that Argro had a right to speak his mind because it was “freedom of speech,” DeSort claimed.
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.Facebook
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.
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.”