Video shows person of interest in S.F. killing of Bryan Higgins

San Francisco police released video footage that showed a possible suspect in the death of Bryan Higgins, who was found badly beaten Aug. 10 at 7:30 a.m. in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood. San Francisco police released video footage that showed a possible suspect in the death of Bryan Higgins, who was found badly beaten Aug. 10 at 7:30 a.m. in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood. Photo: San Francisco Police Photo: San Francisco Police Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Video shows person of interest in S.F. killing of Bryan Higgins 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

San Francisco police released video footage Thursday that they said showed a person of interest in the mysterious death of Bryan Higgins, who was found badly beaten Aug. 10 at 7:30 a.m. in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood.

The video, taken from a passing taxi's dashboard camera, shows a man in a dark gray hooded sweatshirt chasing Higgins before the beating. Higgins, 31, was hospitalized and died three days later.

A still frame from the video shows the same person with a red shirt, after he removed the sweatshirt.

Paramedics found Higgins, who was known to friends as "Feather Lynn," near the corner of Duboce and Church streets and transported him to San Francisco General Hospital with serious injuries.

As he did not have any identification, authorities put out a call to the media, hoping to put a name to their John Doe. The strategy worked, and friends soon identified Higgins at the hospital.

Investigators were reviewing multiple videos of the attack, which several people witnessed, said Officer Albie Esparza, a San Francisco police spokesman.

Detectives from three police precincts were initially working the case, but when Higgins died Aug. 13 the case was referred to the homicide division.

A hospital spokeswoman said Higgins was pronounced dead at 3:33 p.m., a time planned by his family. At the same time, more than 100 people gathered at Duboce Park to honor their friend, who belonged to the Radical Faeries, a gay men's counterculture movement and spiritual organization.

Higgins moved to San Francisco from Michigan about five years ago and later worked at Rosenberg Delicatessen on Noe Street.