A grandma accused of murdering her transgender New York Times executive son-in-law is throwing her husband under the bus in a bombshell bail filing, making shocking claims about her co-defendant in a bid for freedom.
Lawyers for Shili Chen, 77, claim her husband, Shouyong Zhang, was “fixated” on Jonathan McKinsey, the executive married to their daughter, Candice Jang, and was the one who fatally shot him in September.
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Shili Chen is seen in connection with the fatal shooting of Jonathan McKinsey at the Dublin Sports Grounds. Alameda County Sheriff's Office
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Jonathan McKinsey is seen in a Facebook photo. Facebook/@Jon McKinsey
Chen’s attorney, Curtis Briggs, writes that Chen did not fire the first shots at McKinsey when the couple allegedly gunned him down in the parking lot of Dublin Sports Grounds.
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Shouyong Zhang is pictured following a fatal shooting at the Dublin Sports Grounds. Alameda County Sheriff's Office
Briggs says Chen watched as her husband, 77-year-old Shouyong Zhang, fired the deadly shots at McKinsey before she got out of the car “to protect her husband from what she feared was an assault by Mr. McKinsey.”
Chen then “walked towards his body and fired several shot...