Brooklyn teen in custody for fatally stabbing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley in suspected hate crime: NYPD

August 4, 2023   

(NY Daily News) A teen wanted for fatally stabbing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station was busted Friday, police said.

The 17-year-old suspect was expected to be charged as a juvenile with murder as a hate crime. His name was not released.

Police said the teen killed Sibley, 28, during a tense standoff Saturday night at a Mobil gas station on Coney Island Ave. in Midwood in what a witness described as a clash between a group of Muslim youths and scantily clad gay dancers.

Sibley was returning with several friends from a trip to the Jersey Shore when they pulled into Mobil Midwood on Coney Island Ave. to gas up.

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