An attorney calls slain NYT engineer Jonathan McKinsey 'volatile' as his in-laws face murder charges
The lawyer for the 77-year-old woman charged in the Dublin park shooting is seeking her release from jail, and KTVU FOX 2's short on the case drew a crowd far beyond its usual news.
KTVU FOX 2 San FranciscoStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 258,102 views a day, 34 times a normal first day on this channel (7,493).
Attorney claims slain NYT Engineer was 'volatile' as elderly in-laws face murder charges
Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer at The New York Times, was shot and killed at a crowded park in Dublin, in the East Bay. His elderly in-laws now face murder charges. KTVU FOX 2's newest short on the case follows the defense: the attorney for McKinsey's 77-year-old mother-in-law is seeking her release from jail, and the title carries the attorney's word for the man who died, 'volatile.'
The station has followed the case from the start. As we reported here, its report on the arrests already had a standout start. This follow-up went much further, reaching close to 280,000 views in its first day. For a short from KTVU, that is roughly thirty times the usual.
The comments came in about twelve times faster than on a typical first day. Much of the discussion turns on the defense's account of McKinsey and on what it could mean for the charges. Other viewers pick up on smaller moments in the clip, such as a husband helping his wife with an earpiece, and ask what they have to do with the case.
It was not the station's only grim story of the day. A report from the Berkeley Hills also ran well ahead of a normal start. A 61-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman, believed to have been married, were found shot to death in their home on Panoramic Way. Both stories come from the East Bay, the stretch of the station's own coverage area between Oakland and San Jose.
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- Channel
- KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
- Subscribers
- 388,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,483,429
- Channel views, pace per day
- 562,678 (on a normal day: 590,784)
- Video published
- October 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 279,916 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 279,045
The numbers
Here is how the Dublin follow-up's first day compares with a usual new short from the station.
