A dancer is fatally stabbed after a confrontation in New York, prompting a tribute from Beyoncé

By Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The deadly stabbing of a homosexual man after a confrontation between a bunch of pals who had been dancing to a Beyoncé tune and younger males who apparently took offense has outraged New York City’s LGBTQ neighborhood and spurred Beyoncé herself to publish a tribute on her web site.

No arrests have been made in Saturday’s stabbing of O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old skilled dancer, at a Brooklyn gasoline station.

Police have launched few particulars on the investigation and haven’t mentioned a motive, however a buddy who was there, Otis Pena, mentioned in an emotional Facebook video that Sibley died “because he stood up for his friends.”

Sibley carried out with the dance firm Philadanco in his native Philadelphia and in New York. He used dance to have a good time his LGBTQ identification in works similar to “ Soft: A Love Letter to Black Queer Men,” choreographed by Kemar Jewel.

Sibley took lessons with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Ailey Extension program, whose director, Lisa Johnson-Willingham, mentioned in an announcement, “We are shocked and heartbroken that O’Shae’s life has been taken by senseless violence and extend our sincere condolences to his family and loved ones.”

Sibley was at a Mobil station in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood with pals getting gasoline, listening to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album “and just having a good time,” Pena mentioned in his video.

News reviews have broadly described Sibley as having been stabbed whereas dancing, however safety digital camera video exhibits a extra advanced state of affairs.

The video, obtained by a number of information organizations, exhibits a few of the males in Sibley’s group doing a dance-like strut by their automobile, shirtless in bathing fits. A short while later, Sibley walks to the gasoline station’s comfort retailer and begins talking with a younger man, who seems agitated. As they discuss, a small crowd gathers.

Sibley’s pals be a part of him and the group argues with the individual for about two minutes. Then, each side stroll away. Sibley and his pals return to their automobile. Everyone else goes contained in the gasoline station’s comfort retailer apart from one one who stays outdoors recording together with his telephone.

Sibley is about to get right into a automobile when he and a buddy freeze, then briskly stride again towards the individual with the telephone as if he had mentioned one thing that angered them.

The younger man, who seems like he could possibly be in his teenagers, retreats, strolling backward as Sibley advances. A person comes out of the comfort retailer and steps between them. Then, Sibley lunges across the man on the teen, who leaps backward. Both figures transfer out of view of the digital camera.

It isn’t clear from the video when Sibley is stabbed or who wields the knife. A second later he walks again into view trying surprised and checking his aspect.

Sibley was taken to a close-by hospital, the place he died.

A witness, Summy Ullah, instructed the Daily News the younger males had been harassing Sibley’s group as a result of their habits offended them.

“They were saying, ‘Oh, we’re Muslim, so don’t do this in front of me,’” mentioned Ullah, 32.

Ullah added, “Nothing else was going on. They were only dancing.” He mentioned somebody requested, “Why are you dancing in your underwear?”

In his video, posted hours after Sibley’s loss of life, Pena choked again tears whereas recalling the stabbing of the person he referred to as “the salt to my pepper, the peanut butter to my jelly.”

“They murdered him because he was gay,” he mentioned.

A “Justice for O’Shae Sibley” memorial is deliberate Friday on the Mobil station, and a vigil is deliberate on Saturday at Manhattan’s LGBTQ Community Center. A celebration of life ceremony will happen Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Beyoncé’s web site now flashes the message “Rest in power O’Shae Sibley.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The deadly stabbing of a homosexual man after a confrontation between a bunch of pals who had been dancing to a Beyoncé tune and younger males who apparently took offense has outraged New York City’s LGBTQ neighborhood and spurred Beyoncé herself to publish a tribute on her web site.

No arrests have been made in Saturday’s stabbing of O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old skilled dancer, at a Brooklyn gasoline station.

Police have launched few particulars on the investigation and haven’t mentioned a motive, however a buddy who was there, Otis Pena, mentioned in an emotional Facebook video that Sibley died “because he stood up for his friends.”googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Sibley carried out with the dance firm Philadanco in his native Philadelphia and in New York. He used dance to have a good time his LGBTQ identification in works similar to “ Soft: A Love Letter to Black Queer Men,” choreographed by Kemar Jewel.

Sibley took lessons with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Ailey Extension program, whose director, Lisa Johnson-Willingham, mentioned in an announcement, “We are shocked and heartbroken that O’Shae’s life has been taken by senseless violence and extend our sincere condolences to his family and loved ones.”

Sibley was at a Mobil station in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood with pals getting gasoline, listening to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album “and just having a good time,” Pena mentioned in his video.

News reviews have broadly described Sibley as having been stabbed whereas dancing, however safety digital camera video exhibits a extra advanced state of affairs.

The video, obtained by a number of information organizations, exhibits a few of the males in Sibley’s group doing a dance-like strut by their automobile, shirtless in bathing fits. A short while later, Sibley walks to the gasoline station’s comfort retailer and begins talking with a younger man, who seems agitated. As they discuss, a small crowd gathers.

Sibley’s pals be a part of him and the group argues with the individual for about two minutes. Then, each side stroll away. Sibley and his pals return to their automobile. Everyone else goes contained in the gasoline station’s comfort retailer apart from one one who stays outdoors recording together with his telephone.

Sibley is about to get right into a automobile when he and a buddy freeze, then briskly stride again towards the individual with the telephone as if he had mentioned one thing that angered them.

The younger man, who seems like he could possibly be in his teenagers, retreats, strolling backward as Sibley advances. A person comes out of the comfort retailer and steps between them. Then, Sibley lunges across the man on the teen, who leaps backward. Both figures transfer out of view of the digital camera.

It isn’t clear from the video when Sibley is stabbed or who wields the knife. A second later he walks again into view trying surprised and checking his aspect.

Sibley was taken to a close-by hospital, the place he died.

A witness, Summy Ullah, instructed the Daily News the younger males had been harassing Sibley’s group as a result of their habits offended them.

“They were saying, ‘Oh, we’re Muslim, so don’t do this in front of me,’” mentioned Ullah, 32.

Ullah added, “Nothing else was going on. They were only dancing.” He mentioned somebody requested, “Why are you dancing in your underwear?”

In his video, posted hours after Sibley’s loss of life, Pena choked again tears whereas recalling the stabbing of the person he referred to as “the salt to my pepper, the peanut butter to my jelly.”

“They murdered him because he was gay,” he mentioned.

A “Justice for O’Shae Sibley” memorial is deliberate Friday on the Mobil station, and a vigil is deliberate on Saturday at Manhattan’s LGBTQ Community Center. A celebration of life ceremony will happen Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Beyoncé’s web site now flashes the message “Rest in power O’Shae Sibley.”