Overview

• A Cessna 550 traveling from New Jersey to San Diego crashed into the Murphy Canyon neighborhood near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport at 3:45 a.m. local time, killing all six aboard.
• Among the victims were Dave Shapiro, co-founder of Sound Talent Group and an experienced pilot, and Daniel Williams, former drummer of The Devil Wears Prada turned software engineer.
• The crash caused fires that damaged at least 10 homes, destroyed multiple vehicles, and displaced over 100 residents, with eight people on the ground injured.
• Foggy conditions and the plane's proximity to power lines are being examined as potential factors in the crash; the NTSB is leading the investigation and has yet to recover flight recorders.
• Williams had shared Instagram posts hours before the crash, showing himself in the cockpit, while tributes from the music community continue to pour in for both victims.