The moments following the San Francisco stabbing assault of Money App founder Bob Lee have been captured on surveillance video and in a 911 name to authorities, in accordance with an area Bay Space information portal.
The surveillance footage, reviewed by the net information website The San Francisco Commonplace, was recorded early Tuesday morning within the Rincon Hill neighborhood and exhibits Lee strolling alone on Foremost Avenue, “gripping his aspect with one hand and his cellphone within the different, leaving a path of blood behind him.”
The video, the Commonplace experiences, exhibits Lee making his means up the road and stopping by a parked Toyota Camry with its hazard lights flashing. He lifts up his shirt in an obvious try and ask for assist from the driving force. The motive force of the Toyota pulls the automobile away and Lee collapses to the bottom. Lee manages to stand up and stroll a bit additional earlier than he collapses in entrance of an house constructing.
The Commonplace additionally reviewed data of a 911 name Lee made at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday morning screaming “Assist, somebody stabbed me!”
The Commonplace doesn't point out the place the surveillance was taken from and it's not clear what timeframe it captures after Lee was stabbed.
The San Francisco Police didn't instantly reply to questions concerning the video and 911 name, however the division chief William Scott launched an announcement Wednesday together with his condolences to Lee’s household.
Chatting with CNN affiliate KPIX Thursday, Scott mentioned it was too early to inform if the assault was focused or random, however the murder workforce was “working tirelessly to get this to a decision.”
“We have now loads that’s on our plate with this investigation and following up on issues that have to be adopted up on,” he informed KPIX. “We’ll put the knowledge out, however we don’t wish to do something to compromise this investigation.”
‘One thing isn’t working in our gray metropolis’
San Francisco Mayor London Breed reacted to the information of Lee’s demise in an announcement Wednesday, calling it “a horrible tragedy” and emphasizing her dedication to prioritizing security in a metropolis that has been marred by an uptick in crime because it bounces again from the pandemic.
“San Francisco is prioritizing public security, together with not too long ago passing our finances supplemental so we have now the police staffing essential to have extra law enforcement officials in our neighborhoods and to research violent crimes once they do happen,” Mayor Breed mentioned in an announcement.
San Francisco District Lawyer Brooke Jenkins additionally launched an announcement reacting to Lee’s demise, first extending her condolences to Lee’s household after which doubling down on her dedication to “defending public security.”
“Defending public security & holding violent/repeat offenders accountable is a high precedence for my administration,” she mentioned in a Twitter thread Wednesday afternoon. “Nobody who commits a violent crime, or who’s a repeat offender are receiving overly lenient plea offers.”
Her feedback look like in response to Twitter’s new proprietor, billionaire Elon Musk. Musk tweeted at Jenkins Wednesday as he reacted to information of the demise that despatched shockwaves by means of the tech group and past.
“Violent crime in SF is horrific and even when attackers are caught, they're typically launched instantly,” Musk wrote, asking Jenkins if the town is taking “stronger motion to incarcerate repeat violent offenders.”
Preliminary police information experiences 12 homicides in San Francisco this yr, an uptick of 20% in comparison with the identical interval within the earlier yr. In whole, there have been 56 homicides in San Francisco in 2022, the identical as in 2021.
Requested about crime charges in San Francisco, Scott informed KPIX that homicides had been falling however went up throughout the pandemic, which was a nationwide pattern.
“Once you [look] at San Francisco’s violent crime fee in comparison with different cities per 100,000 [in population], we’re in direction of the underside for main cities,” the police chief mentioned. “That by no means will get talked about.”
“We have now our points with our metropolis,” he continued. “We have now some issues we undoubtedly need to proceed to work on. We have now these photos that go viral and are posted everywhere in the world coping with drug use and homelessness. These are actual points in our metropolis and we’re addressing that too. However violent crime? We’re not that metropolis.”
Josh Goldbard, the CEO of Lee’s employer, MobileCoin, mirrored on the lack of his pal in a Twitter thread that additionally referred to as out the necessity to “repair” what’s apparently going unsuitable in his hometown.
“As a lifelong Bay Space resident I've extra questions than solutions,” he wrote. “I don’t know easy methods to repair what’s unsuitable, however I do know one thing isn’t working in our gray metropolis.”
“Bob left this world too quickly,” he added.
— CNN’s Catherine Thorbecke contributed reporting.
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