Suspect in San Francisco slaying of Cash App founder Bob Lee arrested, identified as Emeryville tech

FROM CBS NEWS BAY AREA, THIS IS THE AFTERNOON EDITION. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW ON THE AFTERNOON EDITION, AND ARREST MADE IN THE STABBING DEATH OF THE EXECUTIVE TECH , BOB LEE. POLICE TELL US OF ANOTHER TECH EXECUTIVE AND A FRIEND OF BOB LEE’S. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE BUT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN UNCOVERING A LOT OF DETAILS. EARLIER THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY SERVED AN ARREST WARRANT IN EMERYVILLE FOR 38-YEAR-OLD NEHEMIAH MANY . HE WAS BOOKED ON A MURDER CHARGE AND ACCORDING TO HIS LINKEDIN PROFILE, HE IS THE OWNER OF EXPAND IT,

AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING COMPANY. JOCELYN MORAN HAS BEEN COVERING THE STORY ALL DAY LONG. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE? Reporter: RIGHT NOW, WE ARE INSIDE OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. A LOT OF US ARE GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE ROOM WHERE THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS SET TO HAPPEN BUT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF DETAILS. ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING IS THAT THE SUSPECT IS A TECH EXECUTIVE AND ACCORDING TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE INVESTIGATION, BOB LEE KNEW HIM. BEFORE ALL OF THIS, THERE WAS A LOT OF SPECULATION OF WHETHER

THIS WAS A TARGETED ATTACK OR A RANDOM ATTACK. WE ARE GETTING SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS. IF YOU RECALL, BOB LEE WAS STABBED TO DEATH NINE DAYS AGO. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN DETAILS LEADING UP TO THE STABBING AND THIS IS

ACCORDING TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE INVESTIGATION. THEY TELL US THAT THE SUSPECT AND BOB LEE WERE REPORTEDLY LEAVING . LEE HAD ARRIVED ON THE 400 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET VIA A CAR THAT WAS REGISTERED BY THE SUSPECT. WE ARE ALSO TOLD THAT THE DA’S OFFICE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT THIS MORNING AS THE PD SEARCH WARRANTS.

THIS VIDEO IS FROM A NEIGHBOR. WE DID SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO JUST BECAME A NEIGHBOR ABOUT A MONTH AGO. ABSOLUTE SHOCK. A VERY NICE GENTLEMAN. IT WOULD NOT BE SUSPECTED THAT HE WOULD COMMIT A MURDER OR A STABBING OF ANY SORT . THE BUILDING IS IN SHOCK. LIKE WE MENTIONED, THIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS SET TO HAPPEN IN UNDER 30 MINUTES. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET SOME ANSWERS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE. THIS CASE HAS BEEN SO SHOCKING NOT JUST TO THE BAY AREA

BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF REACTION FROM PEOPLE LOCALLY. WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU? Reporter: IF WE REMEMBER JUST THIS SET SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHEN IT COMES TO SAN FRANCISCO, WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS. ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN, NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE BROUGHT UP . NOW THE NARRATIVE IS SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT TO WIN WE TALK ABOUT THESE NEW DETAILS. WE DID SPEAK WITH THE SUPERVISOR OVER THAT AREA. WE SPOKE WITH SAN FRANCISCO IS ACTUALLY SAFER TODAY THAN IT WAS IN 2019 . THE

SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE AN ARREST AND MORE WILL BE KNOWN IN THE HOURS AHEAD. IT CERTAINLY APPEARS THAT THIS WAS NOT RANDOM. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE ASKING IS WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE BEHIND