- Sibley was killed when a brawl broke out between two groups of men around 11 p.m. at a Mobil gas station on Coney Island Avenue
- Authorities have identified a suspect but no arrests have been made
Beyoncé has paid tribute to a promising dancer brutally stabbed to death at a Brooklyn gas station while ‘vogueing’ to her music — in what authorities are investigating as an anti-gay hate crime.
‘Rest in power O’Shae Sibley’ the homepage of the superstar singer’s official website read Wednesday, days after the senseless slaying.
Sibley, 28, was allegedly attacked for ‘vogueing’ — or performing a stylized modern dance routine — to Beyoncé’s hit ‘Renaissance’ outside a gas station in Coney Island Saturday night, according to a pal who said he was present during the stabbing.
‘They hated us cause we are gay!’ Otis Pena, one of Sibley’s friends, fumed in a Facebook post, sharing grisly photos from the slaying.
‘[They were] screaming we Muslim and we don’t like gays!!!!! As we are innocently pumping gas and ya’ll decided to stab on one of us!!!’
Sibley was killed when a brawl broke out between two groups of men around 11 p.m. at a Mobil gas station on Coney Island Avenue.
The stabbing, which was caught on surveillance footage, is being investigated as a possible hate crime, police have said.
Authorities have identified a suspect but no arrests have been made.
Sources on Monday said cops were looking for a 17-year-old boy who was seen fighting with Sibley before he was knifed in the chest. The teen then took off in a black SUV.
The suspected killer, who was said to be Muslim, allegedly told Sibley and his pals that he was offended because they had been dancing shirtless in their swimming trunks, sources previously said.
In a Facebook Live video, Pena said that he, Sibley and some other friends were driving home after celebrating his birthday at the beach.
They stopped at the Mobil station located just two blocks from his house to fill up.Pena said Sibley, his best friend of 15 years and ‘brother,’ was killed in front of him.
‘I’m trying to put pressure on the wound, and there’s blood squirting everywhere,’ the anguished friend said, describing the harrowing scene.
‘Happy birthday to me, right?’
Pena also shared distressing images showing the gory scene and his hand coated in his butchered friend’s blood.
‘The Ailey organization mourns the tragic death of O’Shae Sibley, who was a cherished and devoted participant in our Ailey Extension program of dance classes,’ the studio said in a statement.
The two sides can be seen in the clip exchanging words before the dispute turns physical.
Sibley, dressed in neon-pink swimming trunks, is then seen standing behind a black SUV seemingly in shock after being knifed.
He disappears from view as his friends and bystanders rush to his side — and the assailants begin to flee.
Sibley was taken to Maimonides Medical Center where he died from his injuries.
