Dancer Killed In Possible Hate Crime Among 5 NYC Weekend Homicides: PD

NEW YORK CITY — At least five New Yorkers were slain in a weekend wave of violence, police said.

The victims included professional dancer, O'Shae Sibley, 28, who was fatally stabbed late Saturday in what police are investigating as a potential hate crime, according to cops and a New York Daily News report.

Sibley, who was part of an all-queer dance group, was dancing with friends in front of a Midwood gas station and drew the attention of a group of Muslim men, who said the display offended their faith, the report states. Their homophobic remarks escalated to a fight that left Sibley with a stab wound in his chest, according to the report.

Doctors pronounced Sibley dead at Maimonides Medical Center and police are actively investigating the crime, authorities said.

The weekend violence started just hours after the Friday workday ended.

About 9 p.m. that day, Clayvon Buckner, 28, was driven to a Harlem hospital, where he died, authorities said. Police linked his death to a shooting along West 147th Street.

Hours later, police found Kameron Hall, 31, with a gunshot wounds in his chest inside an Ocean Hill home, authorities said. Doctors pronounced him dead at Brookdale University Hospital.

Across the city and shortly afterward, Rashiem Flanders, 37, was fatally shot in the head outside a Staten Island home Saturday about 4:30 a.m., police said.

The last homicide unfolded Monday about 2:35 a.m., when police received a 911 call about an assault in progress, authorities said. They arrived to find a 28-year-old man with several stabs in his chest.

Doctors at Lincoln Hospital pronounced the man dead and the investigation remains ongoing, police said.