O’Shae Sibley: Beyonce pays tribute to fan who was stabbed to demise whereas listening to her music
Beyonce has paid tribute after a person who was dancing to her songs was stabbed to demise in New York.
“Rest in power O’Shae Sibley” seem on the American singer-songwriter’s web site following the demise of the 28-year-old skilled dancer at a petroleum station in Brooklyn.
Mr Sibley was listening and dancing to Beyonce’s 2022 album Renaissance with a bunch of buddies when a heated dialogue broke out with a younger man.
Security digital camera footage reveals Mr Sibley and his buddies talking with the person after which pausing while getting right into a automotive. Mr Sibley then advances in direction of the person.
The dancer was rushed to hospital, the place he later died.
It will not be clear from the footage when the stabbing passed off or who carried the weapon.
The incident sparked anger amongst New York’s LGBTQ+ group.
One of Mr Sibley’s buddies, Otis Pena, who was current on the time of his demise, claiming in a video posted on-line that “they murdered him because he was gay”.
Witness Summy Ullah advised the Daily News the younger males had been harassing Mr Sibley and his buddies as a result of their behaviour offended them.
The petrol station the place O’Shae Sibley was stabbed to demise. Pic: AP
Detectives have launched few particulars in regards to the incident, however it’s being investigated by a hate crime job pressure inside the New York Police Department, in line with NBC.
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York stated the stabbing has shaken individuals’s confidence, including that they “will find the person responsible”.
Lisa Johnson-Willingham, director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s Ailey Extension programme – the place Mr Sibley took lessons – added that he had been taken “by senseless violence” and they’re “shocked and heartbroken” by his demise.
Mr Sibley’s demise follows a surge in anti-LGBTQ demonstrations throughout the nation inside the final 12 months – a median of 39 passed off throughout the US every month, in line with a current report by analysis group the Crowd Counting Consortium.
A memorial for Mr Sibley will happen on the petrol station later at present, and a vigil is anticipated to happen at Manhattan’s LGBTQ Community Centre.