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Now three days after the tragic death of Shakir Stewart, 34, on Saturday afternoon, police in Atlanta have now confirmed that the Def Jam Executive Vice President died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

This news comes by way of the Atlanta Journal-Constitutionwho also states that the there will be a private funeral serviceheld which arrangements are pending according to a spokesman at Murray Bros. Cascade Chapel in Atlanta.

Stewart was found about 4 p.m. Saturday in the bathroom of his house on Lindsey Drive in Marietta, was then transported to Kennestone Hospital, and later was pronounced dead. Police say Stewart shot himself with a handgun but would not say who discovered his body.

Stewart’s friend of 18 years and fellow music executive, Christopher Hicks, said he last spoke to Stewart about a week ago. “Whatever happened over the past 24 hours is not a testament to who we all know,” Hicks told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sunday. “He was a one-o Photo of michelle rivers.