San Diego Plane Crash: Music Agent Among Six Killed in Residential Neighborhood

Tragic Plane Crash in San Diego

• ✈️ A small plane carrying six people crashed in a San Diego neighborhood shortly before landing.
• 💥 The aircraft, a Cessna 550, took off from New Jersey, refueled in Wichita, Kansas, and was en route to San Diego.
• ⚠️ The pilot reported encountering dense fog and struck power lines approximately 2 miles southeast of the airport before colliding with a house.

Devastating Impact and Ground Damage

• 🏠 The plane crashed into a residential area, causing significant damage to homes and destroying cars.
• 🔥 Jet fuel spread down the street, igniting fires that engulfed multiple homes and vehicles.
• 🚨 First responders arrived at 3:45 AM Thursday to a chaotic scene of fire and destruction.

Miraculous Survival on the Ground

• 👏 Despite the widespread destruction, no one on the ground was injured, a fact officials are calling a miracle.
• 🤝 Neighbors are praised for their bravery in helping each other escape their homes, with some jumping out of windows to avoid the flames.
• 🏘️ The affected area, Murphy Canyon, is described as the largest military housing neighborhood in the country.

Victims Identified

• 🎶 Among the six people on board, all presumed dead, was Dave Shapiro, co-founder of the Sounds Talent Group music agency.
• 🤘 Daniel Williams, former drummer for the metal band The Devil Wears Prada, also posted on Instagram that he was boarding the plane.

Ongoing Investigation

• 🔍 Investigators from the NTSB are leading the investigation into the cause of the crash.
• 🚧 They are working at the scene and plan to move the plane's remnants to an undisclosed location for further examination.