On Thursday, the Phoenix Police Department asked the public to help find four men believed to have information about the death of 19-year-old soccer player, Tumusifu Bazirake.
The individuals shown in the photos above were in the area during the incident and may have information important to this investigation.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, on August 6th, 2026, at approximately 8:02 pm officers received a call of an unresponsive 19-year-old man in a field at Sueno Park, located near 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road. When officers arrived, they learned that Bazirake was involved in a soccer game when a fight broke out. During the fight several suspects assaulted Bazirake before running away.
The Phoenix Fire Department responded to the scene and transported Bazirake to the hospital in extremely critical condition.
On Thursday August 13th, 2026, investigators were notified that Bazirake succumbed to his injuries.
If you are one of these individuals or can help identify them, you are asked to contact the Phoenix Police Department or call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS/ 480-TESTIGO (Spanish).
Once again impulsive behavior from <25 year olds in Arizona, where their Frontal Cortex has yet to fully develop. Note: The Frontal Cortex of a person's Brain tells them of the intended consequences of their impulses.
Without the Frontal Cortex being fully developed, (before the ages of 21 to 25) you have Young People doing impulsive actions without thinking of the consequences.
Then add Arizona's version of a Match to Dynamite….aka: AZ. Legal High Potency THC Use (i.e. Marijuana) in to the Mix then…..Violence and Boom.
We need to re-criminalize THC for people under 35.
How many lives ruined over a game? Not sure what else we should expect when we don’t teach our boys how to recognize, control, divert, exorcise or utilize their natural aggression. Instead, we either medicate them or tell them to act more like girls, which they cannot, and are surprised when they “explode”? Ancient civilizations didn’t get everything right, but they knew how to deal with inherent human tendencies, instead of pretending they don’t exist.