The San Francisco skyline as the fog rolls in
The highly publicized murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco on April 4 of this year was followed by much hand-wringing about progressive-led urban decay.
The killing took place in what a friend of his termed in a social-media post the “good” part of the city, referring to Rincon Hill, not the part where homelessness, property crime, and drug addiction are problems that rear their ugly head in public.
Mission Local, a San Francisco news site, reported that Lee called 911 at 2:24 a.m. screaming that he had been stabbed. Surveillance footage shows Lee clutching his side while seeking helped from someone sitting in a parked Toyota Camry, which subsequently drove off without the occupant rendering aid.
Lee then fell to the ground.
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, at a press conference Thursday afternoon, declined to share additional details about Lee and Momeni’s relationship, but said “we can confirm that they knew each other.”
After the attack, Lee was transported to the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center where he succumbed to his wounds..
The murder was held up to be an indictment of a revolving door criminal-justice system.
“Violent crime in SF is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on social media.
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington also chimed in: “I hate what San Francisco has become,” he said in a tweet.
It turns out that what happened, however tragic, was not due to the City by the Bay’s problems, however.
On Thursday, police arrested Nina Momeni, the head of a company called Expand IT, a company that described itself as a “client-centric IT outsourcing firm” although its website has since been taken down as has its LinkedIn page, on suspicion of murder. Momeni and Lee reportedly were in a car together and got into an unspecified argument which ended with Momeni apparently stabbing Lee.
Police believe that Momeni stabbed Lee multiple times that evening. A knife that was recovered not far the scene of the crime on the 300 block of Main Street.
Momeni remains the single suspect.
Forbes reported that Momeni lived a flashy lifestyle and liked to sail and host frequent parties. The magazine also reported that Momeni and his mother left their home in Mashad, Iran after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was arraigned on a murder charge and booked into San Francisco County Jail.
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