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On Wednesday morning at approximately 8:35 a.m., the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department was called to Apple's 1 Infinite Loop campus in Cupertino after a body was found in a conference room, according to several news reports.

There is no official word on what happened and Apple has not commented on the situation, but a sheriff's spokesperson has confirmed the deceased individual was an Apple employee and that no one else was involved. The employee's death has been described as an "isolated incident" with "nobody else on campus or in the public at risk."

Update: Apple has issued a statement on the situation.
"We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of a young and talented coworker," Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. "Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends, including the many people he worked with here at Apple. We are working to support them however we can in this difficult time."
Update 2: According to the Santa Clara Country Medical Examiner's Office, the Apple employee who died yesterday was 25-year-old Santa Clara resident Edward Mackowiak. Cause of death was suicide caused by a gunshot wound to the head.

Article Link: Police Investigating Death at Apple's Cupertino Campus
 
What a weird time and place to shoot someone.

There's no indication of anyone being shot. The sheriffs confirmed that nobody else was involved, which suggests that this was a sudden attack of illness and a natural, yet unfortunate death.

EDIT: Okay, there was a gun. I wasn't aware of that initially.
 
There's no indication of anyone being shot. The sheriffs confirmed that nobody else was involved, which suggests that this was a sudden attack of illness and a natural, yet unfortunate death.

"According to the sheriff's dispatch call there was a female employee involved in an argument on the campus — and she was being escorted out by security when she sustained a head wound ... possibly from a gunshot."
 
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"According to the sheriff's dispatch call there was a female employee involved in an argument on the campus — and she was being escorted out by security when she sustained a head wound ... possibly from a gunshot."

I wasn't aware of that when I wrote my post - the gun part isn't mentioned in the MR news post at all. In any case, there's likely a lot of misinformation and hearsay at this point, so let's see what the conclusion of the story is.
 
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The jokes and the reaction to the jokes are reminding me of an episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets where the detectives are joking about a murder case and they are overheard by the deceased's family.
 
You all seem far too serious about death. Yes, a person is gone now, and I'm not going to be cracking any jokes, but there's hardly a moral imperative to refrain from it either, beyond attempting not to cause more distress on those close to the deceased.

Just, so it goes. Read Slaughterhouse Five sometime.
 
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