Update 04/07/2023 9:51am:
New footage has been released of the moments after Bob Lee, Cash App founder and former chief technology officer of Square, was stabbed in San Francisco.
The newly released video was obtained by the Daily Mail, and it shows Lee collapsing in front of a business that was closed. He appeared to call someone on the phone, and it was reported that he was dialing 911 while also trying to flag down a car for help. According to reports, Lee allegedly told the 911 operator, "Help. Someone stabbed me."
Lee could be seen falling several times and approaching another car, which sped away after Lee lifted his shirt to show his stab wounds. Police later arrived at the scene, where Lee was pronounced dead. A 4-inch kitchen knife was recovered from the scene, but police have yet to make any arrests.
Source: TMZ
Original 04/05/2023 9:45am:
Tech executive Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App and former chief technology officer of Square, was killed in a stabbing incident in San Francisco on Tuesday (April 4) morning.
According to NBC Bay Area, the victim was identified as Lee, which was later confirmed to Bloomberg and ABC7 News by MobileCoin, where Lee was serving as the chief product officer. Lee previously worked at Google, and he later joined Square, which later became Block. Lee became the company’s first CTO and also created Cash App.
Following the news of his death, Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote on nostr, "It's real. Getting calls. Heartbreaking. Bob was instrumental to Square and Cash App. STL guy."
Joshua Goldbard, the CEO of MobileCoin, told ABC7 News, "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."
So far, no arrests have been made.
Source: ABC7 News
