By Daniel Arkin -
NBC News
The San Francisco Police Department arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of technology executive Bob Lee on Thursday, the chairman of the Board of Supervisors reported to the local NBC News station.
The man arrested, from Emeryville, California, knew Lee: "It was not a random attack," said Aaron Peskin, who did not identify the person arrested.
Police have yet to determine the motive for the stabbing murder of the Cash App founder
April 6, 202300:26
Police have said officers responded to a stabbing report at 2:35 a.m. on April 4.
Agents discovered Lee with apparent stab wounds.
He was taken to a hospital and died as a result of his injuries.
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Surveillance video released by the Daily Mail newspaper shows Lee staggering and calling for help after being stabbed.
Lee worked as a product manager for cryptocurrency company MobileCoin.
He was previously CTO of Square (now known as Block), a financial company co-founded by former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey.
He subsequently created Cash App, a well-known money transfer service.
He crashed into a family's car, killing two children, and he fled.
they already arrested him
Jan 26, 202301:52
Lee was also an investor in Elon Musk's SpaceX company, as well as other tech companies, such as the social audio app Clubhouse, according to his LinkedIn profile.
In a message posted on Facebook on April 5, Lee's father mourned the death of his son, writing that the two had recently moved from California to Miami.
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"Bobby worked harder than anyone and was the smartest person I've ever met," Richard Lee said in the post, which was accompanied by an article about the stabbing.
"Thanks to those who have supported me."
San Francisco has recorded 13 homicides since the beginning of the year, according to data compiled by the police department.
The city recorded the same number of homicides in the same period last year.
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