Founder of Cash App and IT executive slain in a stabbing in San Francisco

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According to a news release from the San Francisco Police Department officer

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were called to a complaint of a stabbing on Main Street in the Rincon Hill district close to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

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at around 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday. Police located a 43-year-old male with stab wounds and treated him.

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Lee the chief product officer of cryptocurrency company MobileCoin was the guy slain in the stabbing

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according to numerous media reports. The San Francisco Police Department declined to comment further due to the continuing investigation.

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Lees death was mentioned in a statement from MobileCoin but no other information was provided.

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"Our beloved friend and colleague Bob Lee passed away yesterday at the age of 43 leaving behind a loving family and a group of close friends and collaborators" stated the statement.

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In addition to creating Cash App Lee has been employed by MobileCoin since 2021.

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Before that he was chief technical officer at Square a payments network that has subsequently been rebranded Block.

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Jake Shields a mixed martial artist reported on Twitter that Lee died while out on a stroll in San Francisco.

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He was stabbed on a street near several corporate buildings including Salesforce Tower and Googles San Francisco offices

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and "he was in the nice section of the city and looked to have been targeted in a random mugging/attack" Shields said.

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He wrote "Really sad to hear that. "Several of the folks I know have suffered serious assaults."

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