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Police Arrest Suspects in Dublin Sports Grounds Murder

By Drooid · Sep 28, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC · How we work

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Police Arrest Murderers

U.S. police arrested Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen for murdering Jonathan McKinsey in Dublin, California.
The shooting occurred Saturday at about 3:08 p.m. in the Dublin Sports Grounds parking lot.
Jonathan McKinsey, 40, New York Times Games engineering director, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police seized the calmly walking suspects in a nearby black sedan and booked them into Santa Rita Jail.

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McKinsey Charged Child Abuse

Jonathan McKinsey faced two misdemeanor child-abuse charges in 2025.
He pleaded not guilty and was released pending parenting-class conditions.
His wife reported a 2018 domestic-violence incident in which McKinsey bruised her left arm.
Zhang and Chen were booked into Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail on murder suspicion, facing felony conspiracy and child-endangerment charges.

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Police Arrest Murderers

U.S. police arrested Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen for murdering Jonathan McKinsey in Dublin, California.
The shooting occurred Saturday at about 3:08 p.m. in the Dublin Sports Grounds parking lot.
Jonathan McKinsey, 40, New York Times Games engineering director, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police seized the calmly walking suspects in a nearby black sedan and booked them into Santa Rita Jail.

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