Dave Shapiro, a 42-year-old music executive and aviation enthusiast, was killed in a private plane crash in San Diego along with two employees. The crash involved a Cessna Citation 550 that ...

By 2025, Shapiro had logged more than a million miles in the air and was the registered owner of the 1985 Cessna S550, managed through DAVIATOR LLC, an Alaska-based entity.

On 22 May 2025, a Cessna 550 Citation II crashed into San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighbourhood, killing all six people aboard, including Dave Shapiro, co-founder of Sound Talent Group, and Daniel ...

Although it has yet to be revealed whether or not Shapiro was flying the Cessna 550 Citation, it was registered to him and his Alaska-based company Daviator LLC. The plane crashed around 4 AM after ...

Its name appeared to be a portmanteau of Mr. Shapiro’s given name, Dave, and aviator. Mr. Shapiro married Julia Pawlik in Talkeetna, Alaska, in 2016, she wrote on a blog that year.

The doomed private plane carrying music executive Dave Shapiro and former Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams was attempting to land at an airport with no working runway lights and an ...

Here’s what to know about them and the crash: Dave Shapiro It was the connections Shapiro, 42, made more than the music he played that made him successful.

Thursday's crash killed 42-year-old music executive Dave Shapiro, stunning the alternative music scene. It could take a year to sort out exactly what happened as the plane crashed in the predawn ...

Shapiro, 42, got into music playing in a band he founded with friends while in high school, called Count with Stars. Music executive Dave Shapiro poses for a portrait on Dec. 3, 2024, in Nashville.

A Cessna 550 Citation II crashed into the military housing community around 3:45 a.m., setting off several fires along Sample Street as jet fuel ignited several vehicles.

Shapiro helped bring the underground $10-a-show alternative scene in the 2010s to the mainstream. But he also was huge in creating a community, said Mike Shea, founder of Alternative Press Magazine.

Shapiro helped bring the underground $10-a-show alternative scene in the 2010s to the mainstream. But he also was huge in creating a community, said Mike Shea, founder of Alternative Press Magazine.