PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A 19-year-old man has died one week after he was brutally beaten during a soccer game at a park, and Phoenix police are now investigating the case as a homicide.
Investigators say the victim, identified as Tumusifu Bazirake, died from his injuries on Thursday. The Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the official cause of death.
The attack occurred just after 8 p.m. on Aug. 6 at Sueno Park, located near 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road. First responders were called to the scene after receiving reports of an unconscious man lying in a field…