NYT Executive Fatally Shot
Police say a New York Times executive was killed in California and his in-laws were arrested.
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Updated Sep 28, 4:56pm ETWhat happened
Police arrested Shouyong Zhang, 77, and Shili Chen, 77, on suspicion of murdering their son-in-law, Jonathan McKinsey, in Dublin, California. McKinsey, a New York Times games engineering director, was shot and killed in a parking lot at Dublin Sports Grounds. Court records say McKinsey had been in a domestic and child-abuse dispute with his wife, Candice Jang, including divorce and custody proceedings. He also faced 2025 child-abuse charges, tied to allegations he hit his stepson and left a young child unattended, and pleaded not guilty. Witnesses said two masked people shot McKinsey and stayed nearby until officers detained them within minutes. Authorities have not released a motive and scheduled a Wednesday arraignment, with no known public threat.
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Right-leaning accounts led with a police-confirmed family homicide, emphasizing quick arrests and no wider public threat. The New York Post lingered on alleged child-abuse and domestic-violence history, saying the victim “hid dark secret”. The Daily Mail stressed a brazen, execution-style attack, describing elderly in-laws who allegedly “took TURNS” firing.
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