Police currently have no leads nearly two months after the murder of Brian Powers, aged 43, a Black trans man in Akron, Ohio.
His body was discovered on 13 June, on a sidewalk of a church near the University of Akron. Brian was a cook for a catering company, and sometimes went by the name of Egypt.
He was killed by a single bullet that went through his thighs. Investigators could not establish a time of death, but Brian had placed a phone call at 3 am, five hours before his body was discovered.
Speaking to News 5 Cleveland, his sister, Vivian Powers-Smith, said: “He was very proud of who he was. Never ashamed of who he was and I think that’s a lot.” She praised the strength he found in his identity, saying: “For anybody of the gay or