Elderly in-laws arrested in California shooting death of New York Times employee
A 77-year-old couple gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with their daughter. Jonathan McKinsey, a 40-year-old gaming engineer for The New York Times, was shot to death Saturday afternoon in the car park of a sports complex in Dublin, east of San Francisco. A police…
A 77-year-old couple from Dublin, California, have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of their son-in-law, Jonathan McKinsey, a 40-year-old gaming engineer for The New York Times. The incident occurred in a city park car park over the weekend, with the victim shot dead on Saturday afternoon. Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, are accused of murder and other charges. They were apprehended by police a week before a scheduled hearing in McKinsey and their daughter Candice Jang's divorce case.
According to court records, the couple had been married since about 2012 and have three young children. In 2023, Jang reported McKinsey to the police, claiming he physically abused one of their children. She subsequently obtained a domestic violence protection order against him after he was arrested and charged with child abuse.
McKinsey, who was transgender, later requested a protection order against his wife and filed for divorce. He has been seeking increased visitation rights with their children, noting he has been allowed only two hours of supervised visits per week since last autumn.
McKinsey, who joined The New York Times in January 2023, was the director of engineering for New York Times Games and resided in the San Francisco Bay Area. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment further on the matter.
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