A stabling incident took place on Tuesday in San Francisco and the identity of the victim has been shared with the public.
The San Francisco Police Department explained that officers responded to a report of a stabbing at around 2:35 a.m. yesterday. While arriving at the scene, they found a man with apparent stab wounds. The man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died shortly later, NBC News reports.
The city’s medical examiner’s office had not yet identified the victim as of Tuesday evening, but friends spoke with KPIX and confirmed it was Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App and former chief technology officer of Square. He was just 43 years old.
Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of MobileCoin told ABC affiliate KGO of San Francisco, “Bob was a force of nature. Helped to birth Android and CashApp into our world. “Moby was his dream: a privacy-protecting wallet for the 21st Century. I will miss him every day.”
As of this Wednesday morning, no arrests appeared to have been made.
The news has come as a shock to many online especially those in the tech industry. The CEO of Abra spoke out and said Lee was a father and also “a generous decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed.” MMA fighter Jake Shields’ also said in part, “He was in the ‘good’ part of the city and appeared to have been targeted in a random mugging/attack.”
More Reaction From Social Media
One Twitter user said, “Imagine having an amazing career, building a company that supports your city and citizens – only to be violently killed in a city that abandoned enforcement and forces its citizens to be defenseless. How #Sanfran politicians sleep at night is beyond me.”
Another added, “San Francisco is now a clear and present danger to our nation’s tech center. Cash App founder, Bob Lee aka @crazybob, was stabbed to death on the street. It is time to mobilize the national guard until local authorities can regain control of the streets.”
Matt Ocko also said, “Bob Lee was a friend to me & multiple people in my firm. My heart goes out to his loved ones. Chesa Boudin, & the criminal-loving city council that enabled him & a lawless SF for years, have Bob’s literal blood on their hands. Take action. Cc @garrytan @sampullara”
Imagine having an amazing career, building a company that supports your city and citizens – only to be violently killed in a city that abandoned enforcement and forces its citizens to be defenseless. How #Sanfran politicians sleep at night is beyond me. https://t.co/ETTl8uzgJL
— Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) April 5, 2023
Imagine having an amazing career, building a company that supports your city and citizens – only to be violently killed in a city that abandoned enforcement and forces its citizens to be defenseless. How #Sanfran politicians sleep at night is beyond me. https://t.co/ETTl8uzgJL
— Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) April 5, 2023
Bob Lee was a friend to me & multiple people in my firm. My heart goes out to his loved ones.
Chesa Boudin, & the criminal-loving city council that enabled him & a lawless SF for years, have Bob’s literal blood on their hands. Take action.
Cc @garrytan @sampullara https://t.co/5CJ4Ct8qRb
— Matt Ocko (@mattocko) April 5, 2023