CA couple accused of killing son-in-law at park charged with murder: New details on arrest revealed

Key Points:

• A California couple, Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang, both 77, have been charged with murder after allegedly shooting their son-in-law, Jonathan McKinsey, 40, to death in a public park days before a divorce hearing.
• McKinsey, a transgender gaming engineer for The New York Times, was killed in a sports complex parking lot in Dublin, California; police detained the couple near the scene and found firearms linked to the shooting.
• Court records reveal a bitter divorce and custody battle involving McKinsey, his wife, and her parents, with mutual allegations of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse spanning over a decade.
• McKinsey had filed for protection orders citing abuse related to his gender transition, while his wife also obtained a domestic violence protection order against him; he faced misdemeanor child abuse charges and was out on bail awaiting a mental health diversion program.
• The murder occurred a week before a scheduled divorce hearing; McKinsey had been working at The New York Times since January 2023 as director of engineering for New York Times Games.