he was the chief product officer at mobilecoin, a crypto currency company. he acted as cto of mobile payment app square and cashapp and worked at google. other tech executives, friends and colleagues have used social media to post tributes for lee. the c.e.o. of an are a saying he was a generous, decent human being who didn't deserve to be killed. he was in the good part of the city and appeared to have been targeted in a random mugging/attack. that's a part of mma fighter jake shields' post. and in a statement, his company specifically the c.e.o. of mobilecoin saying bob was a force of nature, helped to birth android and cashapp into our world. moby was his dream for the 21st century. i will miss him every day. for now, it's clear the tech world and beyond are mourning a beloved friend. san francisco police have confirmed a stabbing happened in this area yesterday morning. only identifying the victim as 43-year-old man from mill valley. we're following development this morning live in san francisco. >> this morning, donald trump is charges in a manhattan co

cashapp, also served in executive roles with square and was recently with the cryptocurrency firm mobilecoinin this company video, he talks about the difficulties of creating an app that gives users private security and mobility. >> crypto is in search of a problem.>> reporter: lee was a night person. >> we get energized at night and maybe he was working and he could have been doing anything. you have a right to walk the streets at night and be safe. >> reporter: the city's murder rate is up in your. homelessness is skyrocketing. city leaders and community members gathering tonight, talked about drugs and crime in the city. a panelist at the meeting, a supervisor, represents the neighborhood where lee was murdered. >> this is a senseless crime and i think it is made all the more problematic for the people reacting to it, knowing we don't have a suspect in custody. >> it speaks to the brazenness of crimes we see in san francisco and i think that is related to the general volatility you have around the city. >> reporter: tonight for the first time we are hearing from the police chief who says,

bob lee moved to miami late last year but he was in town for the mobilecoin leadership summit last week he stayed a few extra nights to see friends. >>> thank you, our coverage continues now with lauren thompson, joining us now, what are people saying? do they feel like it is safe? >> reporter: the short answer is yes, residents and business owners tell me they do generally feel safe in this east coast neighborhood which has poured their own resources into shoring up public safety but that plays into their shock and hearing about such a violent crime. i did speak with one of the leaders of the benefit district, who tells me he is proud of the improvements that have been made here in this neighborhood but, this incident is also prompting them to look into even more ways to keep the neighborhood safe.>> we have a safe neighborhood, we have our team , and we also have a safety collaborative, where people have concerns or issues so they are sharing information, and this is what is happening in our neighborhood. >> reporter: there are so many questions surrounding this incident and something

lee was the founder of cash app and the chief product officer of mobilecoin. san francisco police say it happened on main street in the city's rencon hill neighborhood just after 2:30 in the morning tuesday. when officers arrived, they found lee with stab wounds. he was taken to a hospital where we're told he later died. this morning, mobilecoin's ceo joshua goldbard sate quote, bob was a force of nature and helped to birth android and cash app into our world. it was his dream of privacy protecting wallet for the 21st century. i will miss him every day. on twitter people are also remembering him. using his crazy bob twitter handle. kyle says quote was scheduled to work on mobilecoin with you tomorrow morning at crazy bob. you always believed in me. i'll be forever grateful. no arrests have been made in the case and san francisco police haven't yet released any details related to possible suspects. amanda? a tragic story. >> i hope they get some answers soon. >>> bay area police department struggling to find officers is offering a really big incentive to attrac

. >> reporter: the chief product officer of mobilecoin, the 43-year-old helped create android, but was perhaps best known for starting cash app, now run by twitter founder jack dorsey who called the death heartbreaking. >> i have heard from a lot of people who i represent in this neighborhood, you know, they have expressed their concerns about some of the public safety challenges they're facing. >> reporter: lee had lived in san francisco for years and had been visiting on the day he was murdered amid the flood of condolences on social media, elon musk, a vocal critic of san francisco policies writing many people i know have been severely assaulted. violent crime in s.f. is horrific with the city's murder rate climbing in recent years, robberies, thefts, and assaults are also up amid reports of an exodus as homelessness and the cost of living skyrocket now another high profile crime, the unsolved murder of a tech titan. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> in jerusalem israeli police have now stormed the al-aqsa mosque twice where they were met with a barrage of fireworks and rocks after the

most recently he was an executive at mobilecoin, a cryptocurrency payment system. his linkedin page says he was the owner of expand i.t., a small tech business based out of his condo. there was speculation immediately after lee's murder that it may have been a random attack and even indicative of a growing crime problem in san francisco, but today that narrative was quickly shut down. >> i do understand how people see and view things. i live here, just like a lot of you all, but this has nothing to do with san francisco. this has to do with human nature. >> reporter: momeni is in the san francisco county jail. he is charged with murder as well as an enhancement for using a knife. he is scheduled to make his first court appearance tomorrow afternoon. the district attorney says she will be asking for him to be held without bail. >> as katie was saying, he has been booked into the county jail on suspicion of murder. meanwhile neighbors at his condo in emeryville say they are in disbelief. many saying they interacted with him before and never would have suspected that

cash app but he's also served in executive roles with square and most recently cryptocurrency firm mobilecoin. >> a lot of stuff in crypto is a solution in search of a problem. we're not competing with other crypto apps. >> reporter: several friends say lee has two children, he moved his family to miami recently and was in san francisco for a brief visit. lee had no enemies and doesn't understand why anyone would attack him. he's not surprised lee was out so late. >> he's a night person like me. we are energized at night. maybe he was working. we have a right to walk the streets at night and feel safe. >> reporter: police have made no arrests in the case and are akively looking for information in this crime. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> a lot of anger and frustration. many high-profile friends and tech executives. elon musk calling out the d.a. by name. he says violent crime in san francisco is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately. is the city taking stronger action to incarcerate repeat violent offenders? he tagged san francisco's d.a., br

lee was the chief product officer of mobilecoin, former cto of square, and one of the co-founders of cash app. the 43-year-old was stabbed on main street in the east cut neighborhood near the bay bridge. police say when officers arrived, they found a man had been stabbed. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he later died. >>> for the first time in history, a former president faces felony charges. donald trump charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in new york. all of these charges related to hush money payments before the 2016 election, and each charge carries a maximum of four years in prison. >> a court hearing yesterday lasted less than an hour but he later lashed out against the prosecutor and the case itself. "today in the bay"'s brie jackson is on capitol hill with those details. >> reporter: following his unprecedented arraignment, former president trump addressed supporters at his mar-a-lago estate. combative and downplaying the criminal charges against him. >> everybody said this is not really an indictment, there's nothing here. >>

lee was the chief product officer of mobilecoin.mer cto of square and one of the co-founders of cash app. the 43-year-old was stabbed on main street in the east cut neighborhood near the bay bridge. police say when officers arrived, they found a man had been stabbed, paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where he later died. >> today the naacp of silicon valley and other community advocates will call for greater transparency about the drug trafficking investigation into the san jose police officers association executive director. the 64-year-old, joanne segovia, will turn to court later this on the charges of ordering synthetic fentanyl and distribute them, sometimes using union resources. they will rally outside of san jose city hall at 2:00 this afternoon. >> happening today, students in san francisco plan to walk out of class in an effort to advocate for gun safety. the group, students demand action, is organizing today's national demonstration. the anti-gun violence organization was formed following the mass shootings at a scho

of cash app but has served in executive roles with square and most recently cryptocurrency firm mobilecoin. he described the complexities of creating an app that allows users to have financial mobility and privacy. tonight his friends say they're in shock. one of those friends, former mma fighter shields, said bob has no enemies and he doesn't understand why anyone would attack him. >> i'm still processing. i found out yesterday. i talked to him last week. i was supposed to meet him in miami this weekend. it will hit me while i'm there. we had plans to hang out. >> reporter: lee has two children. he moved his family to miami recently and was in san francisco for a brief visit. shield says they both know the area very well because shields used to live nearby. he's not surprised lee was out so late. >> he's a night person like me. maybe he was working even. he could have been doing anything. we have the right to walk the streets at night and feel safe. >>> san francisco mayor london breed released a statement saying in part, the homicide of bob lee is a horrible tragedy, and my sympathies go

the father of twos chief product officer at cryptocurrency start-up mobilecoin. former twitter ceo jack dorsey at square. dorsey today called his death heartbreaking. league would later create the mobile payment service cash app beard >> baba someone that i just talked to a couple days bee and was planning on meeting himo it really hit close to home, especially, got stabbed in front of my old apartment complex. >> reporter: jake shields is his friend. >> i started going on tape. >> reporter: current twitter ceo elon musk we responded to news of the killing by taking a a swipe at the city. the violent crime in sf is horrific, he said. then francisco's district attorney also called the crime horrific. now, kharkiv had just moved his family from san francisco to miami to be with his father. friends say he was back in town visiting when he was attacked. norah? >> norah: carter evans, thank you. tonight, as jews around the world begin passover and muslims observe ramadan, tensions are again on the rise in the holy land. this follows violent clashes today at one of isl

bob lee was the founder of cash app and was the chief product officer of mobilecoin. people from the tech world described him as a brother, a friend, and we will be following this all day long. stay with us on air and on kpix.com. >> it will be the big story all day. >>> are also following another deadly shooting in the east bay. this is what it looked like before the sun came up. it happened late last night on westbound i-580 in oakland. the chp conf the vo then weon the city streets. police have been out there, examining a bullet riddled pickup truck. it smashed into a pole at lakeshore and lake park avenue. clearly, bullet holes all down the side of that vehicle. in fact, they match on the windshield. a lot of bullet holes on the side of the pickup as well. one person was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> there are a few details released in the shooting, but we have seen deadly gun violence in our bakery highways like this before. one person in alameda county was shot and killed while driving home on 580 near the bay bridge toll plaza. and then a 29-year-old mother

and most recently was an executive at mobilecoin, a cryptocurrency payment system. lee's father rick said, quote, bobby worked harder than anyone and was the smartest person i've ever known. he will be missed by all those that knew him. >> he brought people together. he brought technologies together. he was a wonderful father. he was just always doing the best that he possibly could. >> reporter: doug dalton says he and lee were longtime friends and met years ago when they were both software engineers just starting their careers. he says last fall lee moved to miami but was back in san francisco this week for business meetings and to visit friends and family. dalton says he and lee, as well as other friends, got together the night before he was killed. >> that area that he was walking back from was headed right towards his hotel. >> reporter: according to san francisco police, officers responded to a call about a person being stabbed around 2:35 on tuesday morning. according to a security manager at a nearby building, surveillance cameras in the area captured video

and most recently was an executive at mobilecoin, a cryptocurrency payment system. >> he brought people together. he brought technologies together. he was a wonderful father. he was just always doing the best that he possibly could. >> reporter: doug dalton says he and met years wn f stting theiree ays last fall to miami but was back in san francisco this week for business meetings and to visit friends and family. dalton says he and lee, as well as other friends, got together the night before he was killed. >> that area that he was walking back from was headed right towards his hotel. >> reporter: according to san francisco police, officers responded to a call about a person being stabbed around 2:35 on tuesday morning. according to a security manager at a nearby building, surveillance cameras in the area captured video of lee walking up main street after he'd been stabbed. lee could be seen holding his cellphone, crossing the street at harrison, then walking back down main toward the port side building and collapsing less than 20 feet from the front door. lee later died at the hospital

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lee was the chief product officer of mobilecoin, former cto of square, and one of the co-founders ofh app. the 43-year-old was stabbed on main street in the east cut neighborhood. this is near the bay bridge. police say when officers arrived, they found a man had been stabbed. paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where he later died. >>> this morning, crews in solano county plan to search for the body of a missing boater. the sheriff's office says the person disappeared around dutton and snag islands early yesterday morning. crews started searching, but later called it off. now they say it is a recovery operation. we are working to learn the boater's identity. >>> there's a plea from a los gatos family to make a road safer, after a woman was killed when she and her daughter were hit by a speeding car. raw emotions were on display at the council meeting as the family of limin cao pleaded for action to make blossom hill road safer. last month, her family, she was with her 11-year-old daughter and her dog when they were hit and run over by a car at the crosswalk on leigh avenue and sa