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Memorial remembers O'Shae Sibley
Demonstrators gathered a the gas station where O'Shae Sibley was stabbed and killed last weekend to remember the life of the professional dancer. Meanwhile, a suspect has reportedly been taken into custody connected to Sibley's death.
NEW YORK - A suspect in the killing of O'Shae Sibley has reportedly turned himself in to the police.
Sibley, an openly gay professional dancer, was stabbed and killed last weekend outside a gas station in Brooklyn.
According to authorities, the stabbing happened was reportedly killed at the Mobil Gas Station on Coney Island Avenue and Avenue P after a fight that police say started when two men confronted a group of shirtless men in shorts and swimsuits pumping gas and dancing.
Police said Sibley and other men confronted the group that was shouting anti-gay comments at them. The confrontation turned physical, and Sibley was stabbed in the chest and later died.
The news rocked both the LGBTQ+ community and the dance community in New York City and in Sibley's hometown of Philadelphia.
The NYPD is still calling the killing a possible hate crime as they question the suspect.
A memorial for Sibley was held at the Stonewall Inn on Friday, while another is set to be held Saturday in the West Village.