The creator of the Cash App, a popular payment platform Bob Lee, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to a report from NBC Bay Area, a local news outlet, Lee died from apparent stab wounds on the 400 block of Main Street in SoMa.
On its part, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said officers responded to a report of a stabbing on Tuesday at 2:35 am.
The police said the man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was said to have died at the hospital.
Police did not name the man but sources identified Lee as the victim to NBC Bay Area.
In a Twitter post on Wednesday, Bill Barhydt, CEO of crypto wallet company Abra, expressed his condolences.
He added that Lee was a generous and decent human being who did not deserve to be killed.
“I just got devastating news that our friend Bob Lee (@crazybob ) was killed in SF early today,” he said.
“Bob was a dad, the former CTO of Square where he created Cash App & CTO of Mobile Coin. He was a generous decent human being who didn’t deserve to be killed.”
Bob Lee had a successful tech career.
He was the chief technology officer for Square, a mobile payment app. He had also worked at Google early in his career.
