We have following the stabbing death of Cash App Founder Bob Lee, who was attacked in an upscale neighborhood in San Francisco and struggled to attract aid before succumbing to his injuries.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with this murder.
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged 38-year-old Emeryville resident Nima Momeni with murder for allegedly stabbing Lee twice in the chest at 2:30 a.m. on April 4, leaving a trail of blood on the sidewalk in San Francisco’s wealthy Rincon Hill neighborhood.Lee, 43, was a colorful, outsize figure, known for his leadership role at Square and for working on the team that launched Google’s Android operating system, but more often remembered as the last guy to leave any party.Officers booked Momeni into San Francisco County Jail at 9:19 a.m. He was scheduled to appear for his first court hearing on Friday.The victim and the accused killer knew each other, Police Chief Bill Scott told reporters who gathered Thursday afternoon at the department’s headquarters in China Basin. Scott said officers had served two search warrants in San Francisco in addition to the arrest and search warrant in Emeryville, but he declined to offer more detail.“We know that this has been a high-profile case, and there has been a lot of speculation, and a lot of things said about our city, and crime in the city,” Mayor London Breed said at the opening of the press conference, during which she commended law enforcement for handling the case appropriately.
Momeni’s arraignment has been delayed two weeks because the suspect’s lawyer is reportedly on vacation.
Burlingame attorney Paula Canny is representing Momeni, and Friday morning, her brother, Robert Canny, stood in her place with Momeni during a brief appearance at the Hall of Justice, CBS News reported.Robert Canny made a brief comment to reporters. “The facts of what occurred, or didn’t occur, will come out over time,” he said, according to the TV news station.The new arraignment date is April 25, and Momeni will remain in jail without bail until then.
Momeni’s motive for the alleged attack has not yet been revealed. Investigators indicate that the pair knew each other.
The tech entrepreneur was also joined in the courthouse by his glamorous sister Khazar Momeni, who is said to have introduced the pair and owns property both near where Lee was stabbed and the suburb where he lived last year.Her luxury high-rise apartment, which is 4.5 miles from the Lee’s former home and a few blocks from where he was stabbed, was searched by police Thursday.The probe came after reports from the San Francisco Chronicle revealed she had recently become ‘acquainted’ with Lee.
According to CBS Bay Area, Momeni has interacted with the criminal justice system prior to this incident.
He was charged with a misdemeanor for driving while intoxicated in 2004, and in 2011 he pled no contest to selling a switchblade. Momeni spent 10 days in jail for the charge.
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