NEW YORK ( CNN ) -- A few hundred people on Sunday marched in Brooklyn to protest last week 's fatal beating of a 31-year-old Ecuadorean man -- an incident authorities say may have been a hate crime . Jose Sucuzhanay was beaten December 7 after leaving a party at a church . The demonstrators -- holding signs reading `` No more hate crimes '' -- walked a half-mile in the neighborhood where police say Jose Sucuzhanay was hit in the head with a bottle and beaten with an aluminum baseball bat on December 7 . Sucuzhanay died of his injuries Friday at Elmhurst Hospital , hours before his mother arrived in New York from Ecuador , his family said . Police said Sucuzhanay 's attackers yelled racial slurs ; no arrests have been made in the case . One of his brothers , Diego Sucuzhanay , said Sunday he is convinced the attack was a hate crime . `` Nothing was taken from him , '' said Diego Sucuzhanay , who did n't join the demonstration , opting instead to help his mother make arrangements to return the body to Ecuador . Watch marchers protest against hate crimes » . Police said Jose Sucuzhanay and his brother Romel had left a party at a church when several men approached them in a car in Brooklyn 's Bushwick section , about a block from the brothers ' home . The men shouted anti-gay and anti-Latino vulgarities and attacked the brothers , police said . Romel , 34 , escaped with minor scrapes and has talked with detectives . Police have released a sketch of one possible suspect in the case . Police are offering a $ 22,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the attack . In a statement , New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the attack `` a pointless and gutless crime . '' He promised authorities would find and prosecute those responsible . Family spokesman Francisco Moya said Jose Sucuzhanay had lived in the United States for more than a decade and was a legal resident . Diego Sucuzhanay said Jose set up a successful real estate business in a low-income area , thinking he could make a difference there . He said his brother wanted to help everyone and hired a diverse team , including four African-Americans and two Latinos . He was raising two children : a 9-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter . `` We were proud of him , '' Diego Sucuzhanay said . He said the family had wanted Jose 's mother to get to his bedside before he died . Doctors told them Jose was brain dead since the attack , and that machines kept him alive until his heart failed Friday . At a press conference Sunday outside the hospital , Diego Sucuzhanay touched his chest and said : `` My heart is broken , but my brother 's [ memory ] will live on. `` Asked in an interview with CNN how his brother would be remembered , he paused several seconds and answered : `` For being the victim of a hate crime . '' Though he did n't participate in the demonstration , he said he was grateful to those who did , and that everyone needs to practice tolerance . `` We definitely have to speak out , '' he said .
Police said January 7 beating of Mr Sucuzhanay may have been a hate crime . Authorities said he shouted racial slurs ; Sucuzhanay died Friday . Brother : He 'll be remembered as ` ` a victim of a hate crime ''