Brooklyn dancer fatally stabbed after voguing at gas station
Professional dancer O’Shae Sibley was stabbed for voguing at a gas station near Coney Island on Saturday (29 July). He was found with a stab wound in the abdomen at a Mobil gas station in Midwood at around 11:15pm on the same evening.
Emergency services transported him to Maimondes Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to Gothamist. The incident is currently being investigated by the NYPD task force for hate crimes.
Witnesses claimed that the dancer was verbally abused with slurs by a group of men who allegedly said that Sibley’s dancing ‘offended their faith,’ before one of them stabbed him.
Law enforcement forces have identified the suspect as a teenager, who remains at large, reported NBC. O’Shae Sibley was a beloved member of New York’s gay community The 28-year-old is remembered by those who knew him as an accomplished dancer, choreographer and activist.
