DUBLIN, Calif. — A 40-year-old Dublin man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in a parking lot near a well-known sports complex. Police say the two people arrested in connection with the killing are the victim’s 77-year-old in-laws.
Jonathan McKinsey was shot in the parking lot at Dublin Sports Grounds, located roughly one block from the Dublin Police Department, authorities said.
The suspects, identified by police as Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, are a married couple, both 77. They were taken into custody, though investigators have not disclosed a possible motive.
The New York Times confirmed that McKinsey worked as the newspaper’s director of engineering for New York Times Games.
Several witnesses spoke with ABC San Francisco affiliate KGO about the shooting and its aftermath.
Assad Razawi said he was leaving Sahara Market on Dublin Boulevard when he heard gunfire coming from the Dublin Sports Grounds parking lot.
Moments later, Razawi said, he saw the victim fall to the ground.
“I saw the guy drop to the floor: head bloody and chest bloody,” he said.
Razawi also recalled seeing two people leaving the area, whom he later learned were the shooting suspects.
His daughter, Mal Razawi, shared her father’s account of what he witnessed.
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“He said the man and woman were walking together and casually walked away from the shooting,” she said.
Police said a nearby sergeant spotted a man lying in the roadway while driving in the area. Investigators determined that the victim had been shot multiple times.
Responding officers found the two suspects inside a black sedan at a nearby intersection, according to police. A witness also photographed the male suspect in handcuffs.
Investigators later confirmed that Zhang and Chen were McKinsey’s in-laws. Authorities have not explained what may have prompted the fatal confrontation.
The couple remains in custody at Santa Rita Jail.
The violence has stunned residents in the normally quiet Dublin community.
“That’s crazy. You don’t hear of these stories in Dublin,” Mal Razawi said. “I was shocked. The whole thing is baffling. Personally, we don’t hear of crime that often in Dublin.”
The investigation remains ongoing.
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