Exclusive | Inside NYT newsrooms shock reaction to tech execs execution-style murder

Staffers inside the New York Times newsroom were shocked to learn a top tech executive with the company had allegedly been gunned down by his in-laws in a brutal daylight slaying which may have been motivated by his trans lifestyle and child abuse claims against him.Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly shot dead Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper’s head of engineering for games player experience, in the parking lot of Dublin Sports Grounds around 3.p.m Saturday.McKinsey was in a vicious war with his elderly in-laws and his estranged wife, Candice Jang, for being transgender, according to court documents, and cops believe allegations of child abuse and domestic violence made by Jang could be additional possible motives.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story The Gray Lady hasn’t commented on the matter publicly, except to confirm McKinsey worked there since 2023 and ran the engineering aspect of the newspaper’s lucrative gaming division.But a source who works at the NYT’s award-winning newsroom told the California Post that staffers are all shook up, after one of their own was the victim of a horrifying family killing that came with a “wacky” backstory. “There was shock, definitely,” said the source, who said staffers were buzzing about the crime before the paper finally covered it on Monday.“People are like: ‘oh my God,’” the source continued.

“It’s definitely been a topic of a conversation for sure.”“It happens to one of your own, and it’s just such a wacky story,” they added.Jang and McKinsey had a violent history – and the tech exec also tangled with the in-laws accused in his killing.During one alleged incident, McKinsey claimed Jang beat him with a frying pan in 2013, according to court filings in a request for a rest...