Calls have increased for police and prosecutors to investigate the killing of 24-year-old Akira Ross as a hate crime.
Ross, who was gay, was shot outside a Cedar Park gas station on June 2. Bradley Stanford, 23, has been charged with murder. According to a probable cause affidavit for his arrest, Stanford yelled a homophobic slur before allegedly shooting Ross.
“Akira Ross was a real, whole person with a beautiful personality. ... She was killed in large part because one man reduced her whole life to a homophobic slur, which was probably the last thing she heard," Goodman told council members."Classifying her death as a hate crime acknowledges her place in the LGBTQ community, and that this senseless act of violence was not random."
Herzer said she hoped council members could find a way to make Cedar Park feel safe for people like her. Cedar Park Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin thanked the speakers and said council members recognize Ross' murder was senseless. The Williamson County District Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to KUT's request for comment.
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