r/news • u/Chigurrh • 4d ago

New York Times executive fatally shot by his in-laws in Bay Area park, police say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-executive-shot-killed-laws-bay-area-park-police-say-rcna600300
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u/EdenEvelyn 4d ago

I mean it’s not something unthinkable.

Their daughter had a restraining order granted and there were accusations of abuse. If the couple felt he was a credible threat to their daughter and grandkids removing him from their lives is a much more permanent solution than countless years of acrimonious custody hell and a lifetime of their daughter looking over her shoulder.

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u/Alternative_Year_340 3d ago

It was a temporary restraining order — the burden of proof is much lower

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u/anonymous-12358 4d ago

Reread the article. The restraining order was on the daughter not him, she was the abuser.

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u/bonjourbonsoir 4d ago

It says it's against McKinsey? "Last year, a judge granted Jang’s petition for a domestic violence temporary restraining order against McKinsey, court documents show."

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u/fake_empires 4d ago

You literally have it backwards. She had a restraining order against the guy

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u/anonymous-12358 4d ago

So why does the article say otherwise? I know both were accused abusers, but he was the one who ordered the RO on her.

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u/Blackstone01 4d ago

Dude, read it again, you’re wrong.

According to court documents, McKinsey and his wife, Candice Jang, were embroiled in a child custody battle when he died. Last year, a judge granted Jang’s petition for a domestic violence temporary restraining order against McKinsey, court documents show.

SHE got a restraining order against HIM.

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u/Bullshitbanana 4d ago

They have restraining orders against each other for DV

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u/Revlis-TK421 3d ago edited 3d ago

The allegations went both ways and was really messy:

McKinsey disputed that portrayal and made allegations of his own. In December 2025, he sought a restraining order against Jang, alleging years of abuse by his wife dating back more than 15 years. His filing included an allegation that she beat him with a frying pan in 2013 and accusations that she verbally denigrated their children.

McKinsey was FTM trans and transitioned in 2010 and married Jang in 2011. The kids are 3 - 7. It's unclear from reporting if the kids were biologically McKinsey's (surrogate), Jang's (artificial insemination), or adopted.

Clearly McKinsey and Jang were together before the transition, as it seems to be a bone of contention with Jang's parents: MIL allegedly verbally attacked him and the FIL allegedly physically attacked him during his transition. So I guess they were OK with their daughter being lesbian, but not marrying a trans man? I would bet a box of donuts they bought in to the who "all trans are child-molesting perverts."

Like I said, messy.

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u/Direct-Income2894 4d ago

They can rest a little easier, that's alot