Man Charged with Killing Gay Dancer O'Shea Sibley on The Street, Now Claims Self Defense
A picture shows the late O’Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack. MATT TRACY A man who was charged with murdering out gay dancer and choreographer O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station in July of 2023 testified at his own trial on May 27, saying he acted in self-defense. The trial, held at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, comes nearly three years after then 17-year-old Dmitriy Popov of Sheepshead Bay was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime, first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon for his alleged role in the death of Sibley, who was killed on July 29 after he and his friends stopped at the Mobil gas station at 1921 Coney Island Ave. in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. At the gas station, Sibley, 28, and his friends were voguing and listening to music after a day at the beach when a group of strangers allegedly appro...
