The 17-year-old was charged with murder as a hate crime in the killing of Sibley who was stabbed to death during an altercation at a Brooklyn gas station last month.
A 17-year-old high school student in New York has been charged with murder as a hate crime in the stabbing death of a black gay dancer, authorities said on Saturday, in a case that has attracted attention from stars like Beyoncé and Spike Lee.
O’Shae Sibley, 28, a professional dancer and choreographer, was killed on July 29 by a single stab wound to the chest during an altercation at a Brooklyn gas station.
“He could be my son,” New York Mayor Eric Adams, who is black, said at a news conference at the gas station where the suspect’s arrest was announced.
