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New York Times tech executive, 40, killed after his elderly in-laws took TURNS shooting him in Bay Area parking lot, cops say
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Posted on 09/28/2026 9:55:04 AM PDT by qwerty1234
A tech executive behind the popular New York Times games was allegedly shot dead by his elderly parents-in-law in a brazen broad daylight attack, police say.
Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly fatally shot their son-in-law Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in the parking lot in California on Saturday.
McKinsey, the head of engineering for games player experience at the New York Times since 2023, was raced to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene, police say.
Witnesses reported seeing two masked shooters approach McKinsey in the parking lot and took turns unloading a barrage of shots into him, before they were arrested by a passing cop, reports the New York Post.
Images allegedly showed the elderly Chinese couple being taken into custody by the side of the road.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alamedacounty; banglist; california; jonathanmckinsey; newyorktimes; shilichen; shouyongzhang
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"took turns unloading a barrage of shots into him,"
Damn...shooting NY times employees...I didn't even realize that was a game that could be played....
To: qwerty1234
OK, so he was married to or dating a Chinese person that was the child/grandchild of the shooters. Right?
To: qwerty1234
When the facts of this case come to light, they will be lurid and sensational
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posted on
09/28/2026 9:57:49 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: qwerty1234
McKinsey THOUGHT he liked Asians.
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posted on
09/28/2026 9:57:53 AM PDT
by
Migraine
To: qwerty1234
Who doesn’t like the New York Times?
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posted on
09/28/2026 9:58:02 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: qwerty1234
You bring shame to the family. You must leave.
To: qwerty1234
It would be wrong to laugh at that headline.
but i did
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posted on
09/28/2026 9:58:55 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: qwerty1234
His games, they no rike...
To: BenLurkin
Let’s see. They’re both 77 so there’s limited time for them. That’s a good age to settle old scores. Reminds me of a Jack London novel The Assassination Bureau. Killers didn’t know the victims as everyone killed deserved to die if I remember right. The killers were a club of one percenters.
To: qwerty1234
“Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly fatally shot their son-in-law Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in the parking lot in California on Saturday.” Nothing quite like ‘love of family’.
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:04:48 AM PDT
by
kawhill
(Dywedwch + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
To: qwerty1234
Lots of Trump voters hate the New York Times, so the news coverage may skew that way in the days ahead — this may be Trump’s Fault.
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:04:51 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
To: qwerty1234
A tech executive behind the popular New York Times games... Asians take their Mah-Jong really seriously............
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:06:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: qwerty1234
Why is TURNS capitalized? Is it ironically today’s Wordle word?
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:06:26 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
To: qwerty1234
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:07:29 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
("Thank you, Dr. Fauci!" /s)
To: qwerty1234
was raced to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died at the sceneHuh?! Something a wee bit garbled there.
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:07:54 AM PDT
by
Avalon Memories
(It seems to be a law of nature...that those who will not risk cannot win. --John Paul Jones)
To: DIRTYSECRET
As you get older the prospect of life in prison becomes less frightening.
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:08:09 AM PDT
by
ssapro
(SSAPRO/ EXBP)
To: qwerty1234
was raced to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene,
...............
He surmounted time and space!
In the way only someone from the NYT can...
To: ConservativeMind
Who doesn’t like the New York Times? I hate the Slimes, but I do like Wordle and Connections. 😏
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:13:09 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(I hate the word “literally.” )
To: qwerty1234
To: qwerty1234
McKinsey, the head of engineering for games player experience at the New York Times since 2023, was raced to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene, police say. So, he was rushed to the hospital after he died on the scene?
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posted on
09/28/2026 10:13:22 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Americans are increasingly isolated by their connectivity.)
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