Ex-Boyfriend Arrested In Mom's UES Killing, Lawmaker Says

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man has been arrested in Wednesday's point-blank killing of a young mother on the Upper East Side, according to a local lawmaker.

The ex-boyfriend of 20-year-old Azsia Johnson was arrested Friday, City Councilmember Julie Menin tweeted. Police have not announced any arrests, but multiple outlets reported earlier Friday that the father of Johnson's three-month-old baby had been taken into custody.

Johnson was pushing her infant in a stroller along East 95th Street between Third and Lexington avenues late Wednesday when a man dressed in all-black walked up and shot her, according to o police. The baby was unharmed.

Police were investigating the killing as a possible case of domestic violence, Menin previously said.

In the days since the shooting, Johnson's grieving mother has told reporters that her daughter was a "young queen" and a victim of domestic violence, who had been "failed" by the city.

"The city failed my daughter because on January 1, my daughter called me and said she was being abused while she was six months pregnant," Johnson's mother, Lisa Desort, told NBC New York. "She was scared to call the police so she gave me the address. I called police."

Police were then unable to track down the man who was abusing Johnson at the time, Desort told NBC.

Hours after the shooting on Wednesday, speaking from the scene, Mayor Eric Adams said the killing was more evidence of "the over-proliferation of guns on our streets."

"It shows just how this national problem is impacting families," Adams said. "It doesn’t matter if you are on the Upper East Side, or East New York, Brooklyn."

Previous coverage:

• Mom Killed On UES ID'd As Police Seek Person Of Interest: Lawmaker
  
• Woman Pushing Stroller Shot Dead On Upper East Side: Police