YouTube shooting: Pichai calls it 'unimaginable tragedy', Cook, Nadella offer condolences

April 04, 2018 08:52

A woman opened fire at YouTubes headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday. According to reports three people were wounded in the shooting at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. The suspect allegedly shot herself dead, even as employees of the Google-owned company fled their office into the surrounding streets.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai issued a statement on his Twitter account saying, There are no words to describe the tragedy that occurred today. Susan Wojcicki & I are focused on supporting our employees & the YouTube community through this difficult time together. Thank you to the police and first responders for their efforts, and to all for msgs of support. Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube.

Apple CEO Tim Cook also spoke out on the tragedy. From everyone at Apple, we send our sympathy and support to the team at YouTube and Google, especially the victims and their families, he wrote on his Twitter feed.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella retweeted Sundar Pichais tweet on the YouTube shooting and said that on behalf of all of Microsoft, our hearts are with everyone at YouTube and Google today and all those affected.

Meanwhile, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey also reacted to the YouTube shooting in San Bruno, by retweeting a reaction from US President Donald Trump and saying that one can cannot keep hoping that such incidents do not take place again. Jack in his tweet also posted a link to the March for our lives page and asked for policy change.

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