'Total disbelief': Friends shocked by man setting himself on fire outside Trump trial, say he was kind but troubled
When Doug Johnson received a text that his friend Maxwell Azzarello died after setting himself on fire in New York City outside of Donald Trump's hush money trial, he didn't believe it.
When Doug Johnson received a text that his friend of over a decade, Maxwell Azzarello, had died after setting himself on fire in New York City, he didn't believe it.
"I was like, 'No, you got the wrong person. I don't know anybody that would do that,'" Johnson told NBC News.
Johnson did some research online out of curiosity, and that's when he saw Azzarello's face pop up in an article.
Maxwell Azzarello.via Instagram"Just immediately, chills up my spine, like, in total disbelief," he said.
Azzarello set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial was taking place on Friday.
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