Bob Lee, Cash App founder and MobileCoin CPO, killed in San Francisco stabbing

JULIAN: THERE IS SHOCK AND FRUSTRATION IN SAN FRANCISCO’S TECH COMMUNITY OVER THE DEATH OF EXECUTIVE BOB LEE. HE WAS ATTACKED AND STABBED ON A DOWNTOWN CITY STREET. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I AM JULIAN GLOVER. KRISTEN: AND I AM KRISTEN SZE. HE WAS KILLED AT 2:35 YESTERDAY MORNING ON MAIN STREET. ABC 7 NEWS REPORTER AMANDA DEL CASTILLO HAS MORE ON THE REACTION TO HIS DEATH. AMANDA: YES, TECH EXECUTIVE BOB LEE HAD NO ENEMIES, ACCORDING TO FRIENDS, AND HE WOULD HAVE HANDED OVER ANYTHING OF VIOLENCE — A VALUE TO AVOID VIOLENCE. HE WAS KILLED NEAR HARRISON

EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE SHOCK OF THE STABBING DEATH OF CASH AT FOUNDER BOB LEE IS REACHING FAR BEYOND THE TECH INDUSTRY. FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF THE TEXT — TECH EXECUTIVE SHOWING THEIR FRUSTRATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> RIGHT WHEN HE WAS KILLED, I USED TO WALK THERE ALL THE TIME AT NIGHT. I HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 20 YEARS. AMANDA: JAKE SHIELDS SAID THE TWO OF THEM, GOOD FRIENDS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, WITH PLANS TO MOVE IN MIAMI AS SOON AS TOMORROW. >> IT JUST HAPPENED, SO MY MIND IS STILL PROCESSING IT, YOU KNOW. HE

HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AS WELL THAT HE LOVES QUITE A BIT. AMANDA: SHIELD SHARING, BEYOND LEE’S HIGH-PROFILE TECH RESUME, HE IS REMEMBERED FOR BEING AN ALL-AROUND GOOD GUY. >> HE IS A HUMBLE, NICE GUY, A GENERALLY GOOD GUY. HE WOULD

TALK ABOUT ISSUES. AMANDA: WE MET GORDON WONG, RETURNED TO WORK AROUND WHERE THE DEADLY STABBING HAPPENED. IT HAPPENED 2:30 FIVE TUESDAY MORNING NEAR MAIN STREET — ON MAIN STREET NEAR HARRISON. THIS DOES NOT SURPRISE YOU? GORDON: NOT AT ALL. 2:00 IN THE MORNING, YOU SHOULD BE AT HOME, YOU KNOW. IT IS SO SAD. A YOUNG MAN.

>> THIS IS NOT A CITY WHERE ANYBODY SHOULD FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING. THIS IS A CITY THAT HAS A VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE, AND WE SHOULD BE SAFE 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST ON ACCESSIBLE. AMANDA: LEE, NO DOUBT A MAJOR FORCE IN THE TECH WORLD, A CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER AT MOBILECOIN, A CRYPTO CURRENT — CRYPTOCURRENCY COMPANY TO HE WAS ALSO THE CREATOR OF CASH APP, WORKED AT SQUARE, AND EARLY IN HIS CAREER WORKED AT GOOGLE. >”BOB SURELY HAD AN IMPACT THAT WILL LAST BEYOND HIS SHORT TIME

ON EARTH. HIS REAL RESUME IS IN THE HOPES AND MINDS OF THOSE HE TOUCHED ON EARTH. BOB’S LEGACY IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU TRY, AND, OF COURSE, HIS AMAZING CHILDREN.” FRIENDS SAY LEE MOVED HIS CHILDREN TO MIAMI, THAT INCLUDES HAS TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT HE WAS DOING BACK IN SAN FRANCISCO. . AT THIS POINT, NO ARREST HAS BEEN MADE, AND NO SUSPECT HAS — NO SUSPECT DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN RELEASED. AMANDA DEL CASTILLO ABC 7 NEWS. KRISTEN: AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOB LEE’S FATHER RICK LEE POSTED HIS REACTION

ON FACEBOOK. “I JUST LOST MY BEST FRIEND, MY SON BOB LEE, WHEN HE LOST HIS LIFE ON A STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BOB LEE WORKED HARDER TH