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Dave Shapiro, music executive director in the Heavy Metal and Hard Rock scene, and drummer Daniel Williams were among those who were killed by UA San Diego aircraft collision.
Six people, including Shapiro and Williams, were on a plane when it crashed into a San Diego Navy neighborhood early Thursday morning. It is not believed to be any survivor.
Williams, a former Metal Bend Band, The Devil Wears Prada, posted on his Instagram on Wednesday afternoon to board a plane with Shapir. The band announced to Williams on their Instagram page.
Daniel Williams, a former Metal Bend Band, The Devil Wears Prada, posted on his Instagram on Wednesday afternoon to board a plane with David Shapir. (Chelsea Lauren/Wireimage/AP photo)
“No words. We owe you everything. We love you forever,” the band wrote.
Shapiro had a pilot license and was listed as the owner of the aircraft that collapsed, according to the Federal Air Force Administration. He was among the six people killed in a collision, together with two employees, a group of music agency Sound Talent confirmed on Thursday.
“We are relaxed with the loss of our co -founder, colleague and friends. Our hearts go out to our families and everyone who is affected by today’s tragedy.”
“We are relaxed with the loss of our co -founder, colleague and friend. Our hearts go out to their families and everyone who is affected by today’s tragedy,” the music agency, Sound Talent Group wrote in a statement, wrote.
In 2018, Shapiro faced Sound Talent Group along with the team Borror and Matt Andersen. The agency represented a diverse list of artists, including Pierce The Veil, Parkway Drive, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton.
Shapiro was a strong advocate of independent musicians and co -founder of the National Organization for Independent Talents. It is included in the Billboard list “30 Under 30” from 2012, which recognized the stars in the rise in the party. Industry veterans say Shapiro has traced the path to the formation of other independent agencies and helped many alternative bands find the audience in the main course.
Dave Shapiro, a music executive director on the Heavy Metal scene, died in a San Diego air accident. (Stephanie Siau/Sound Talent Group via AP Images)
The honors were poured out of all the music industry, and many praised Shapir’s dedication to the artists and his true character.
Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley deserved Shapiro to help build a rock band during a “low point” in their career.
“His opinion is so important to me,” Whibley said. “He was the guy I would go for advice on things.”
Singer “Sum 41″/guitarist Deryck Whibley paid tribute to David Shapir after the news of his death. (Reuters/Steve Marcus)
Nate Blasdell, a former lead guitarist for the band I lit my friends, said he was “absolutely broken.”
“Dave was the first reservation agent I have ever worked with and he was the main part of my music career in my late teenage years,” he said in a post on X.
“He was truly the best in the game and one of the most respected people in the industry.”
In addition to his work in Music industryShapiro was an avid aviation. He owned Velocity Aviation, a flight school offering lessons in San Diego and Homer, Alaska.
Investigators are looking through the place where a small plane crashed into the San Diego residential street on May 2, 2025. The Federal Airline Administration said Cessna 550 collapsed around 3:45 in the morning. (Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images)
A small aircraft crashed in a large San Diego Military neighborhood on Thursday morning. Eight people in the neighborhood were injured, but none died.
Aircraft, a Cessna 550 Cutation Business Jetcollapsed around 3:45 in the neighborhood of Murphy Canyon, Inflating more homes and cars in flames.
Eight residents of the neighborhood of San Diego are secluded. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The flight was created in Teterboro, New Jersey. After stopping at Wichiti, Kansas, he seemed to have entered the Montgomery-Gibbs Montgomery-Gibbs Airport Executive Airport.
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The houses were affected in flames, and the jet fuel rolled the streets, because half a dozen of the vehicle caught fire, while the residents of the US Navy’s Navy neighborhood were awake awake just before 4am with a thunderous fall and a subsequent explosion. The windows saw the fiery wall.
Authorities work on stage where a small plane crashed into the neighborhood of San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
“I can’t quite put words to describe what the scene looks like, but with a jet fuel that goes down the street, and all that is in the fire at once, it was quite terrible to see,” said San Diego Scott Wahl police head, according to Associated Press.
No one in the neighborhood died, but eight were taken to the hospital to inhale smoke and injuries that were not life -threatening, including a person who was injured climbing through the window, said police officer Anthony Carrasco.
Fox News Digital, Michael Dorgan, Alexandra Koch and Associated Press, have contributed to this report.
