On the evening of July 27, 2022, shots were reported near 35th Avenue and Cactus Road in Phoenix. Responding officers found 18-year-old Ali Mohamed Samir, a Black / African American male, fatally wounded by gunfire. The motive was not immediately apparent as investigators began reconstructing the events that night.

In the days that followed, Phoenix police identified and took two juvenile suspects into custody in connection with Samir’s death.

If anyone witnessed activity near 35th Avenue and Cactus Road on the evening of July 27, 2022, or has information about what happened to Ali Mohamed Samir, please come forward.