LGBTQ dancer from Philly stabbed to death in possible hate crime case, police | NBC10 Philadelphia

YORK CITY. KAREN HUA TALKED WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM. >> THEY MURDERED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS GAY. BECAUSE HE STOOD UP FOR HIS FRIENDS. >> Reporter: O'SHAE SIBLEY'S LOVED ONES INSIST HIS DEATH WAS A HATE CRIME AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. HIS FRIEND SHARES WHAT HAPPENED IN A FACEBOOK VIDEO. >> JUST PUMPING GAS. JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME. >> Reporter: SIBLEY AND THEIR FRIENDS WERE BLASTING BEYONCE WHILE VOGUING, A FORM OF DANCE THAT IMITATES FASHION MODELS. IN THE VIDEO YOU SEE A GROUP OF MEN COME UP, WITNESSES SAY THE MEN USED GAY SLURS AND TOLD THEM TO STOP DANCING. LATER POLICE SAY THE 17-YEAR-OLD WITH THE RED SHORTS STABBED SIBLEY IN THE CHEST. >> THEY KILLED MY BROTHER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. >> Reporter: AND THIS IS DURING A RISE OF LGBTQ LEGISLATION AND SENTIMENT AROUND THE COUNTRY. IN A RECENT REPORT, THEY SAY THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 356 INCIDENTS OF ANTI-LGBT HATE NATIONWIDE THROUGH THIS APRIL. THIS INCLUDES DEMONSTRATIONS AT DRAG SHOW, VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND MASS SHOOTING AT A COLORADO GAY NIGHT CLUB. >> HEARTBREAKING TO KNOW THAT HE HAS SO MUCH DEEP CONNECTIONS TO PHILADELPHIA, HE GREW UP WHICH IS A REFUGEE FOR SO MANY. >> Reporter: AND HE TRAINED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA DANCE COMPANY PHILADANCO FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS. AND BEYONCE PAYING TRIBUTE ON THE HOME PAGE OF HER WEBSITE. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN TRYING TO BETTER TRACK LGBTQ HATE. >> WE HAVE A TRACKER THAT IS RELATIVELY NEW BUT IT ALLOWS US TO TRACK INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE BASED ON THE LANGUAGE AND LOCATION. >> R

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Length: 1min 50sec (110 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 03 2023