Exclusive | Accused killer grandma attacked trans NYT exec when his son started wearing sisters dresses: explosive court docs

A grandmother who allegedly gunned down her transgender New York Times executive son-in-law accused him of inspiring her grandson to wear his sister’s dresses, court documents show.Jonathan McKinsey, the newspaper’s head of engineering for games player experience, was allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, on Saturday.They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.Chen visited McKinsey and his wife, Candice Jang, to watch their children in 2023, a restraining order filed by McKinsey against Jang said.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Chen noticed McKinsey’s son Wyatt had begun asking to wear his sister Alexis’ dresses, a “phase” he was going through, McKinsey said, according to the records.She then began allegedly berating him for the behavior, calling the young child a “disgusting queer” and a “pervert.” Chen also allegedly hit McKinsey’s young son in the back of the head when he asked.When McKinsey begged her to stop, Chen turned her ire to the New York Times employee, who was transgender and transitioned from female to male in 2010, according to the documents.She then called McKinsey the same names, the restraining order alleged.“She blamed me for Wyatt wanting to wear his sister’s dresses and told me to get out of ‘her house’ even though we were in the home owned by Candice and I,” McKinsey wrote.He tried to get his wife to hire outside help to prevent Chen from taking care of their children again, but Jang allegedly refused.McKinsey also accused his wife of abuse in their relationship, including an episode where she pushed him to try to commit suicide, the documents say.McKinsey claimed Jang told him he should kill himself because “no one would w...