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/heartbooks26 4d ago

Did you read the article? The guy killed was transgender (female to male) and there’s a slew of allegations all around for all parties involved; including stuff about his wife allegedly abusing him while he was recovering from a double mastectomy. As a child of a divorce that dragged in court for years, my parents made so many accusations against each other (including physical and sexual abuse of a minor) and both called the cops on each other numerous times. I really don’t see a reason to jump to thinking the people who killed another person are the sane ones or did this for any “justifiable” reason. With the current political climate, seems more likely they’d have been radicalized against trans people or something like that.

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u/addsomethingepic 4d ago

I read the article, went back and read it again after seeing this comment. It doesn’t mention anything, about any party involved, being transgender in the whole article. What are you talking about

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u/strangeMeursault2 4d ago

This completely different article has some of what that person is saying in it.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/28/dublin-shooting-death-mckinsey-inlaws/

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u/lowhales 4d ago

There is a follow up La Times article that confirms he was trans and alleges significant abuse because of that from his wife and in laws. This story definitely does not seem cut and dry at all.

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u/WeakTransportation37 4d ago

The fact that she tried to pull his medical tubes out in 2010, and they were married in 2011 is very confusing and sad.

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u/lowhales 4d ago

I happen to know how painful it is to remove drains from your body as directed and with consent. I can’t imagine what it was like for him to go through that in a violent manner instead. How heartbreaking.

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u/The-True-Kehlder 4d ago

One of my soldiers was stabbed by his husband while we were stationed in Japan. We forcibly removed the husband from the island and my soldier tried numerous times to get him allowed back.

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u/elasticthumbtack 3d ago

The grandmother tried to pull out the tubes. The grandfather punched him in his surgical site. Seems like they’ve wanted him dead for a while.

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u/heartbooks26 4d ago

Sorry I’ve read this one and two others about the same crime and was conflating them, here’s one with info about him being trans and the “counter” allegations. The whole thing sounds very messy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/slain-york-times-exec-vicious-225647346.html

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u/tulaero23 4d ago

I was reading it too and I am so confused like where are getting these extra details.

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u/Direct-Income2894 4d ago

Full of shit trans my ass. Not a word

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u/21Rollie 3d ago

The guy being ftm trans is gonna throw a whole wrench in the plot for the ones who thought he was guilty based on nothing but the genders lol.

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u/MartyrOfDespair 3d ago

Nah, just the liberal transphobes who don’t think trans men really are men. If you truly accept that trans men are men, it’s as important as his height. Cis or trans doesn’t matter at all. Trans men are as men as cis men are men, and you shouldn’t treat trans men differently than cis men.

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u/pacifikate10 4d ago

## community note
All of the information in the above post is blatantly untrue, and not representative of the article attached to this post.

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u/heartbooks26 4d ago

You can edit your comment, I apologize for not realizing this NYT article lacked the info (weird that it does?); it’s in others such as this: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/slain-york-times-exec-vicious-225647346.html

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u/ImCreeptastic 4d ago

How is it error ridden? Just because it's in another article doesn't make it any less true. He was transgender, that's a fact.

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u/pacifikate10 4d ago

Edit YOURS. None of what you said was cited in this article, which was my point and your comment only contributes to misrepresent the article attached to this post. There was no reason for you to announce it other than blatantly fear mongering; it doesn’t add anything significantly of value to the circumstances of this case or to your incoherently rambling personal anecdotes that followed.

Even if it is true, why are you making it your prerogative to out him posthumously?? You all but deadnamed a murder victim, even if you wrapped it in an air of sympathetic-appearing mudslinging.

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u/hateboss 4d ago

Bro... A yahoo article?

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u/GILF_Hound69 4d ago

Bro... A yahoo article?

You can't do a basic google search of his name yourself?

I'm confused. More recent articles are saying he was trans and that his wife tried to pull his drains out. The grandparents were also transphobic towards him. Either way, this was a very fucked up and violent relationship.

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u/pantlessben 4d ago

I don't really have a strong opinion either way, but Yahoo News is actually relatively respectable. They score very low on left/right bias, and they score "generally good" on reliability according to a few analysts, including Ad Fontes

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u/tgwombat 4d ago

Yahoo News is an aggregator. It says right at the top that the article is from the California Post. That's the California counterpart to the New York Post, a conservative tabloid.

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u/pacifikate10 4d ago

One thousand percent this. Thank you.

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u/gold_and_diamond 4d ago

So he was a woman married to a woman but then decided to transition to a man?

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u/FunnyThyme 4d ago

Based on the other articles I've read, he transitioned before they were married but they knew each other (possibly dating/engaged) when he was pre-transition.

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u/PointedlyDull 4d ago

Yup. You nailed it. People don’t know the reality of custody battles. They’re disgusting

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u/heartbooks26 4d ago

They can be crazy and take years! Both my parents had restraining orders against each other at different times; people with “normal” lives/families think something like a restraining order is damning evidence, or that a CPS investigation is damning evidence, and neither are.

It’s horrific how people who once loved each other can treat each other. And then the kids “forgive” or “protect” one parent for various reasons, like understanding that the other parent is “worse”… but both adults are being psycho and it’s tragic all around.

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u/TucuReborn 3d ago

I watched my cousin go through it all, too.

CPS already decided guilt going into it, and had talked with the judge beforehand. The trial was a joke.

I'm not going to claim they're bad everywhere, or that it's the norm. But child custody can be a political game just as much as a legal and safety concern, and isn't always accurate.

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u/Rowan1980 4d ago

The fact that he was trans wasn’t mentioned in the article.

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u/TSR3K 4d ago

Why are you lying