Police arrest a fellow tech executive in connection with the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco.
"We can confirm that Mr Lee and Mr Momeni knew each other," chief Scott said, although he declined to describe the nature of their relationship or why they were together that night.San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Mr Momeni would be charged with murder and was expected to be chargedon Friday. Prosecutors will ask a judge to hold him without bail.
Investigators served search warrants in San Francisco and Emeryville, but Mr Scott would not say whether a murder weapon had been found.Mr Lee's murder touched off a furore in San Francisco and elsewhere over crime in the city amid rampant homelessness and public drug use. Among those critics were billionaire SpaceX founder and Twitter owner Elon Musk, who tweeted that "violent crime in SF is horrific" and accused the city of too readily releasing violent offenders from custody.San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins hit back at Musk during Thursday's news conference, accusing him of spreading misinformation about the crime.
"I must point out that reckless and irresponsible statements like those contained in Mr Musk's tweet that assume incorrect circumstances about Mr Lee's death serve to mislead the world in their perceptions of San Francisco and also negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime," Mr Scott said."I acknowledge and understand how the loss of a young, vibrant leader and innovator has rocked our city and even beyond.
Mr Lee was known for creating the widely used mobile payment service Cash App while working as chief technology officer of the payment company Square, now known as Block. He was the chief product officer for the cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin at the time of his death.
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