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A man who may have known Cash App creator Bob Lee has been arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing, per reports

Apr 14, 2023, 00:09 IST
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Multiple outlets reported that a man was arrested in the investigation of Cash App creator Bob Lee's death, and he apparently knew Lee.Getty
  • The San Francisco Police Department arrested a man in its investigation into Bob Lee's death, per ABC7 News and Mission Local.
  • The man appears to have known the Cash App creator, both publications reported.
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The San Francisco Police Department has arrested a man in connection to its investigation into the fatal stabbing of Cash App creator Bob Lee, ABC's San Francisco affiliate KGO-TV and local publication Mission Local reported on Thursday.

Lee appeared to have known the suspect, the news outlets reported. Mission Local, which first reported the arrest, said that a man was taken into police custody at an address in Emeryville, California that it connected to a tech executive.

The SFPD has yet to announce any arrest, but said it plans to address updates in the case at a press conference at 3:30 p.m. Eastern

Matt Dorsey, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors confirmed the report on Twitter.

"I'm grateful to @SFPD's Homicide Detail and all the officers from @SFPDSouthern and elsewhere for their tireless work to bring Bob Lee's killer to justice and for their arrest of a suspect this morning," he tweeted on Thursday.

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Lee's former wife, Krista Lee, told KTVU Fox 2 that she believes the man who was arrested was an acquaintance of Lee's.

Mission Local, which first reported the arrest, also reported that Lee was riding in a car with the suspect on the day of the attack and the two men allegedly had "some manner of confrontation."

Lee, the chief product officer of MobileCoin and former CTO of Square, was fatally stabbed on April 4, NBC first reported. ABC's KGO-TV previously reported that surveillance footage from the moments after the incident showed Lee walking around the Rincon Hill neighborhood in downtown San Francisco and asking for help before the police arrived at the scene.

The SFPD previously said it responded around 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday to the 911 call.

Last week, San Francisco police chief Bill Scott said that he was "100% sure" the perpetrator would be found and said "there's evidence that we found that I can't talk about because we don't want to jeopardize this case."

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San Francisco mayor London Breed said last week that many people would be "surprised" about the facts of the case and said people have been "jumping to conclusions about what they think is happening."

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