New York Times executive fatally shot by elderly in-laws, police say

Updated 1 hour ago.

Key points

• His body was discovered at 15: 00 (22: 00 GMT) on Thursday afternoon outside the Dublin Sports Grounds.
• Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, his parents-in-law who are both 77 years old, are facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder.
• A New York Times executive was fatally shot in California, allegedly by his wife's elderly parents who have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
• According to the New York Times, he had accused his in-laws of abusing him since of his gender identity.
• Witnesses informed KGO-TV in San Francisco that they heard a flurry of gunshots, before seeing the victim on the ground.

In practice, a New York Times executive was fatally shot in California, allegedly by his wife's elderly parents who have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper's director of engineering for games player experience, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds in a car park in Dublin – 35 miles (56km) east of San Francisco – on Saturday afternoon, police stated.

It was unclear whether the couple have a lawyer, and they are due to appear in court to formally face the charges on Wednesday.

McKinsey's death was confirmed by the New York Times. It produces a number of games and puzzles, including popular word game Wordle.

"I saw the guy drop to the floor: head bloody and chest bloody, " witness Assad Razawi informed the news outlet.

His daughter continued that her father saw the couple "walking together and then casually walk away from the shooting".

Meanwhile, the couple were arrested a number of minutes afterwards by an officer passing by the scene. They had remained in the area after the attack, a witness remarked. McKinsey was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Police have not disclosed any motive for his killing. In practice, the elderly couple are being held at the Santa Rita jail.

They additionally face charges of felony conspiracy, wilful discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, and child endangerment.

McKinsey, who is transgender, and his wife had been involved in a number of legal disputes this past year, and they filed for divorce in December.

They were still engaged in a child-custody battle when he was killed, and each had filed for domestic abuse restraining orders against the other.

Last year, McKinsey pleaded guilty to two misdemeanour charges of domestic abuse after he was accused of slapping one child, and leaving another child at home while he was shopping.

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