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Teen indicted for hate crime murder of dancer O'Shae Sibley in Brooklyn stabbing

  • O'Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old gay professional dancer, was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn after a confrontation involving anti-LGBTQ and anti-Black slurs.
  • A 17-year-old suspect, Dmitriy Popov, has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge as a hate crime for Sibley's death.
  • The initial confrontation began when Sibley and friends were dancing shirtless to Beyoncé music at a gas station and refused to stop when targeted with slurs.
  • Video shows Sibley following and lunging at the suspect before collapsing, though the stabbing itself occurred off-camera.
  • If convicted, Popov faces 20 years to life in prison for a crime that has drawn outrage and spotlighted violence against LGBTQ people.
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