Elon Musk reacts after Cash App Creator Bob Lee is stabbed to death in San Francisco.

 Bob Lee, founder of Cash App and the former chief technology officer of Square, was stabbed to death in San Francisco. A 43-year-old man was attacked Tuesday. M. San Francisco Police said in a statement. There was a stabbing on the 300 block of Main Street. Bob Lee was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment for his life-threatening wounds, but he later succumbed to his injuries, according to Josh Goldbard, the CEO of his current employer.

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 Lee joined MobileCoin as its chief product officer in 2021. Bob Lee passed away yesterday at the age of 43, Goldbard said in a statement to CNN. Bob was a force of nature. Bob was the real article. He was made for the world that is being born right now, he was a child of dreams, no matter how crazy he was. We will miss you Bob. We love you. According to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department, officers responded to the report of a stabbing early Tuesday morning in the Rincon area of San Francisco, where they found a 43-year-old male victim suffering from apparent stab wounds.

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 Medics were summoned to the scene. The victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The victim succumbed to his injuries despite the efforts of first responders and medical personnel. People remembered Lee. Bob Lee's death is a huge loss for the tech community and for San Francisco, wrote the founder of Initialized Capital. We need to remember his life and work. We don't know what happened yet and it's too early to speculate. We will find out soon because that area is filled with cameras. Michael Arrington, American founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch, said that Bob was one of his best sources. And never the mean stuff. 

He pointed me to the people that needed a boost. When they took off, we were smart to write about them first. He was always positive. I am sad. Dylan Field, CEO of Figma, said it was hard to believe Lee was gone.  Ryan Gilbert of Launchpad Capital said that Lee was one of a kind. Jake Shields, a Mixed Martial Arts fighter, remembered Lee as a "loyal friend" in a statement. Musk chimed in to say that violent crime in SF is horrible and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately. The San Francisco District Attorney was tagged by Musk. Lee was the chief product officer. He was the leader of the core library team at the time and launched the world's most used operating system.