Lawyer for Alleged O'Shae Sibley Killer Claims Client is a "Good Christian Boy"
The 17-year-old defendant faces murder and hate crime charges as an adult.
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The 17-year-old defendant faces murder and hate crime charges as an adult.
NEW YORK — The teen accused of fatally stabbing a gay black man claimed to be Muslim during a standoff over voguing at a Brooklyn gas station, though his family says he’s Christian. A conflicting portrait of Dmitriy Popov emerged Monday as the 17-year-old, who surrendered Friday with his lawyer, was arraigned as an adult defendant on murder charges and ordered held without bail. The Midwood ...
Sibley was stabbed after he confronted teens who taunted his group of gay, Black friends as they danced at a Brooklyn gas station
The teen charged with a hate crime in connection with the fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station initially identified as a Muslim before the brutal killing of the 28-year-old dancer. However, his family and lawyer are refuting those claims.
The suspect's mother said her son goes to church so he couldn't have committed the alleged anti-gay hate crime.