Agamyrat Agambayev, a 29-year-old immigrant from Turkmenistan, was shot and killed on March 11, 2022, near Kyrene and Guadalupe roads in Tempe after a dispute between drivers. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m.; another driver, identified as 26-year-old Anthony Andrew King, reportedly exited his vehicle and fired into Agambayev’s car, delivering the fatal wound. A Tempe police officer who arrived shortly afterward was fired upon by King but was not injured. King fled on foot, attempted to carjack another vehicle in a parking lot, then surrendered and was arrested with bond set at $2 million.

Agambayev was a doctoral student at Arizona State University who had recently accepted a position as an engineer with Intel. He was a husband and father to a 2-year-old son. Friends and classmates described him as kind, intelligent, and helpful; a GoFundMe was started to assist with funeral expenses. If anyone witnessed the shooting or the events in the parking lot that followed, please come forward with information.