Deadly stabbing of gay man at NYC gas station investigated as potential hate crime

The deadly stabbing of a 28-year-old professional dancer at a Brooklyn, New York, gas station is being investigated by the NYPD as a hate crime, officials told ABC News.

According to officials, O’Shae Sibley was stabbed in his torso on Saturday, July 29, 2023, a little after 11 p.m.

In a video posted to Facebook, Sibley’s friend Otis Pena said he and Sibley were among a group of friends that was voguing and dancing at the gas station while pumping gas when they were confronted by another group. The group hurled homophobic slurs at Sibley’s group, according to Pena.

“They murdered him because he was gay, because he stood up for his friends,” said Pena, adding that Sibley was a “beacon of light.”

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