According to reports, the Apple employee found dead at the company’s California headquarters was Edward Mackowiak, 25, the Santa Clara Coroner’s office said Friday.
Mackowiak’s body was found at Apple’s Cupertino campus on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County coroner’s office said.
Reuters reports that the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to police.
MacDailyNews Take: Our condolences to family and friends.
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