A teenager accused of killing a man at a Brooklyn gas station will be prosecuted on hate crime charges as an adult, officials announced Thursday.

O’Shae Sibley, 28, was dancing at a gas station in Coney Island to a Beyoncé song at about 11 p.m. on July 29 when he was allegedly stabbed to death by 17-year-old Dmitriy Popov, records revealed to the New York Post.

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Because he will be charged with a hate crime, Popov — whose name has not been released by authorities — could face 20 years to life in prison.

While dancing, Sibley, a gay man, was approached by a group of men, including Popov, who allegedly shouted homophobic and anti-black slurs. A fight broke out, and Sibley was stabbed in the chest. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“The death of this young man is both tragic and senseless,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said, per CNN. “O’Shae and his friends were allegedly targeted because they were dancing, they were being themselves, dancing joyfully to Beyoncé music at a Brooklyn gas station, harming no one, and refusing to stop even when confronted with anti-black and homophobic slurs demanding that they stop dancing.”

Gonzalez said the defendant will be arraigned in youth court Friday, where he is expected to enter a plea. The district attorney would not say if anyone else would be charged in the attack.

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A celebration of life was held for Sibley on Tuesday in Philadelphia, where his family and friends remembered him as a "beacon of light" and paid tributes in his honor.

Despite positive signs pointing to a reduction in crime earlier this summer, residents' fears of becoming victims of an attack remain a concern.