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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by pcthrowaway on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:35PM (#35459317)
I imagine even if the person doesn't know the specifics of the case, they can take a look at the police report and make a professional assessment on whether it was a random attack or a hit. It's also possible the phrasing resulted in a miscommunication between the "intelligence professional" and the person upthread (they could have said it was intentional, and Bob's grieving friend referred to that as a hit)

In almost every random stabbing, the person doing it is arrested, no? To be clear, I'm talking about random, unplanned, and unmotivated stabbings, not premeditated robberies and other similar crimes.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by jytechdevops on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:03PM (#35459685)
very sensible, definitely can see your logic. thanks for sharing!
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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by pcthrowaway on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:54PM (#35462174)
It also just occurred to me that there is no mention of a suspective motive in the report

    The police statement did not provide any details on the circumstances of the stabbing.

    “This is an open and active investigation. For that reason we are not releasing further information,” Officer Niccole Pacchetti, a public information officer, said in an email. “We will provide further details when they become available.”
If it was an obvious robbery, I would expect the police to be OK with mentioning that in their statement (in other words, saying valuables were taken and it looks like a somewhat random robbery).

And maybe his wallet/phone were taken, but if police thought it was an open-and-shut motive, I don't see why they wouldn't mention that.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by krn on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:02PM (#35462249)
If he was indeed the creator of Cash App, he could have been playing a part in the current SEC investigation:

https://hindenburgresearch.com/block/

The report was released just 2 weeks ago.

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