O'Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old dancer, was laid to rest after a wake and funeral at Philadelphia's Metropolitan Opera House. He was killed while dancing with his friends at a Brooklyn gas station. Sibley's sister, Dezirah Kelly, described him as a light in the darkness and expressed her grief during his vigil.
The 28-year-old was killed while dancing with his friends at a Brooklyn gas station last Saturday whenDance is one of the things his sister, Dezirah Kelly, says made him a light in the darkness.
"For my brother to no longer be here, it's like the night without the moon," Kelly said during his vigil. Sibley's best friend was there when police say homophobic and anti-Black slurs were shouted at them before it turned deadly. "There's no hate in my heart, it's all love. And unfortunately, it takes a person to open their heart," said Otis Peña.Sibley was buried at Fernwood Cemetery in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
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