Man Shot, Killed In Dublin Sports Grounds Parking Lot Saturday; In-Laws Arrested
The 40-year-old engineering director for New York Times Games was shot and killed in the Dublin Sports Grounds parking lot in Dublin Saturday, police arresting the Dublin man’s in-laws after they were located in a car not far from the scene.
An officer driving near the scene of the shooting at 6700 Dublin Boulevard just before 3:10 p.m. Saturday noticed a man subsequently identified as Jonathan McKinsey down in the parking lot not far from where a white SUV had been parked with its rear hatch open.
The officer determined that McKinsey had been shot multiple times and called for backup as police received calls from bystanders reporting a shooting in the area. Police were told that two suspects had each fired on McKinsey as bystanders – many with children – sought cover.
Responding officers were directed to a dark sedan which had made its way away from the shooting scene and stopped the vehicle, taking two people subsequently identified as McKinsey’s in-laws – Shouyong Zhang, 77, and Shili Chen, 77 both of Dublin – into custody. Two pistols were located after a search of the suspects and their car.
Jonathan McKinsey
Chen and Zhang were charged with murder and a lying-in-wait special circumstance, plus charges that each personally and intentionally fired at McKinsey. If convicted, they could face life in prison without parole.
Neither have entered a plea. Chen’s attorney said she plans to plead not guilty – indicating that her defense would focus on McKinsey’s alleged abuse of their daughter during a tumultuous and prolonged divorce proceeding that focused in a large part on the custody of the couple’s three children.
Court records indicated McKinsey and his wife, Candice Jang, were involved in a series of legal disputes in the year before his death, mostly over child custody issues.
McKinsey, formerly Dawn Finney, transitioned to male in 2010 and married Jang in Harris County, Texas, in 2011. Court filings reflect sharply differing accounts of their relationship – with both sides citing accounts of abuse by the other, something McKinsey said was exacerbated by his transition.
McKinsey alleged Jang tried to pull surgical tubing from his body following his operation and that her father punched him in the chest while he was in recovery. Jang has not been charged with any crime in connection with her husband’s murder.
Jang accused McKinsey of injuring her and abusing their children over the years, McKinsey subsequently pleading not guilty to two misdemeanor charges involving alleged child endangerment and corporal injury to a child.
The couple continued to litigate custody of their children up to the time McKinsey was murdered. McKinsey was apparently moving to secure more time with when he was killed just days away from a family court hearing called for that reason.
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Were they on a team? They seem to be wearing the same type of clothes.
This caught everyone off guard. More information???
That would be nice, of course – but investigators are playing things pretty close to the vest.
The whole area is buzzing.
When did police stop releasing the names of homicide victims? I understand the investigative process but all we’ve seen is stay away from the sports fields and the police are working tirelessly to keep you safe. This isn’t cutting it.
We’ve been asking the same question.
It all seems to be simmering in the same stew:
https://news24-680.com/2026/08/12/the-transparency-around-here-is-killing-us/
The suspects who fatally shot a man Saturday afternoon in a Dublin park were identified as his parents-in-law, police said.
Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was found around 3 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot near the Dublin Sports Grounds at 6700 Dublin Blvd., according to Dublin Police Services.
He was declared dead at the scene.
Within minutes, police detained two suspects nearby. The suspects were identified as 77-year-olds Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, a married couple police said were McKinsey’s parents-in-law. Police arrested Zhang and Chen on suspicion of murder and booked them into the Santa Rita Jail.
His in laws??? We didn’t see that one coming.
Family dramas run deep.
Sounded like a lot of rounds
McKinley was charged with two counts of child abuse in 2025…
Divorce is so much fun.
Follow up article and information from Kron4 in the link below.
https://dublin-couples-ferocious-custody-battle-preceded-homicide-court-documents/
Retraining orders, child abuse, domestic violence, etc.. Sounds like the grandparents had enough of that guy.
And his in-laws hurled anti-transgender slurs at him as well. They were both abusive towards each other and each had a restraining order against the other. I feel sorry for the kids.
The senior citizens took turns shooting her (Dawn Finney) until their hearts content. Now they can die in peace. Who is the real biological father of the kids? FYI: Steroids affect your mental stability.
He was transgender and identified as a man. Let’s not add transphobia to this mess.