On Thursday night, Mayor Eric Adams hugged his sad mother on the alert of the Upper East Side after being shot with a gun while pushing a three-month-old baby into a stroller. ..
Adams talks to Lisa Dessort, who has lost love, whenmourners gather near the shooting sceneon Wednesday night, which killed 20-year-old Asian Johnson. I did.
I could see the mayor hugging Desert before the pair addressed a crowd of mourners gathered at Candlelight Vigil.
At one point, Adams was found comforting Johnson's crying seven-year-old niece in a dress given by her murdered aunt.
Johnson was killed shortly before 8:30 pm. On Wednesday, she walked with her baby in a strollernear the corner ofLexington Avenue and East 95th Street.
She was allegedly abused by her baby's father in the past, and the man who was shot by her had been cross-examined by police, law enforcement agencies. And her family post on Thursday.
According to sources, Johnson's execution-style murder was essentially "domestic." "She was targeted ... it was her close headshot and there was a burn," a senior police official told the post.
While on alert, the mourning Desort demanded the city, and police officers took the domestic violence case more seriously.
"[I] are people shooting guns, not guns," she said, adding that Mayor Adams was doing his best to tackle the crimes of Big Apple.
"It's about taking domestic violence seriously."
Adams continued his latest remarks When she was an EMT in the city and he was a NYPD officer, he previously worked with Desert. The shooting was personal because it was.
"It's very close to my house," Adams said.
As of Friday morning, no arrests have been made.
