NYPD detectives are looking for a 17-year-old in connection with the fatal stabbing of dancer O'Shae Sibley at a gas station in Brooklyn.
Saturday night’s fatal stabbingThe 17-year-old has a history of arrests but, because he’s a minor, the records are sealed and the details are unavailable, police said.
According to Pena, the group hurled homophobic slurs at Sibley’s group. The confrontation then turned violent and Sibley was stabbed, witnesses said.Courtesy Ja'Michael De'ShawnNo arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. Police say they are trying to move quickly to establish what happened and whether this was a bias crime.
Ja'Michael De'Shawn, a fellow dancer who worked with Sibley, called him a "joy to be in a studio with" and said he had "a beautiful and sweet spirit." "How is it even possible for someone's life to be taken at such a young age, so talented, so kind," he said.
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