A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death during a scuffle at a Brooklyn gas station — with the caught-on-video slaying being probed as a possible anti-gay hate crime, sources said Sunday.
Surveillance video footage obtained by The Post captured the heated exchange between two groups that turned deadly around 11 p.m. Saturday at a Mobil station on Coney Island Avenue, according to cops.
The video shows four shirtless black and Hispanic men gasing up their car — two of them seen dancing in their swim trunks — when another group standing outside the convenience store starts jawing at them.
The encounter grows increasingly tense as the two groups come face to face and exchange words for several minutes.
The two sides briefly disperse, but are then seen confronting each other again — with a physical fight breaking out in the background, the footage shows.
The victim — who was identified as 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley — is seen standing behind a black SUV seemingly in shock after being stabbed. He disappears from the camera’s view behind the vehicle as his pals and bystanders run to check on him — and the assailants begin to scatter.
Law enforcement sources said the suspect, who is Muslim, told the victim and his friends he was offended by the scantily clad dancing.
A fatal stabbing at a Coney Island gas station Saturday night was sparked by a confrontation between four black and Hispanic men who were gasing up and a group of white men who are seen jawing at them, video footage shows. seth gottfried
The encounter at a Mobil station on Coney Island Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday grows increasingly heated as the two groups come face to face and exchange words for several minutes — with the group of instigators growing. seth gottfried
After the two sides disperse briefly, the exchange grows physical, with the two sides seen scuffling in the background, and the 28-year-old victim emerges with a stab wound to the torso. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Seth gottfriedCops responded to a 911 call at the gas station around 11:15 p.m. and found the victim bleeding on the sidewalk, the NYPD said.
He was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center but could not be saved.
No arrests have been made.
Police said the victim, a 28-year-old man who has not been identified, was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center with a stab wound to the torso after the Saturday night scuffle at a Coney Island gas station. He was later pronounced dead. Seth GottfriedSources said cops are investigating the fatal incident as a potential hate crime.
It is unclear what words were exchanged between the two sides.
