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A music talent agency says 3 employees died on a plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood

The aircraft crashed into the U.S. military’s largest housing neighborhood just before 4 a.m., striking at least one home.

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San Diego plane crash

Investigators look through the site where a small plane crashed into San Diego, California, residential street on May 22, 2025. 


The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood. The Federal Aviation Administration says the dead include Dave Shapiro, the agency’s co-founder. Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s license. Sound Talent Group has represented artists including Hanson, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton. The agency didn’t share the names of the other two employees who died.

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