Here’s what to know about the victims and the crash: Dave Shapiro. 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. (Stephanie Siau/Sound Talent Group via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS This undated photo released by the family of Emma Huke ...

Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley credits Shapiro to helping build the rock band back up during a “low point” in their career. “His opinion mattered so much to me,” Whibley said.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private plane approaching an airport crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, killing the six people on board, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private plane approaching an airport crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, killing the six people on board, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private plane approaching an airport crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, killing the six people on board, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro ...

Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42. Shapiro had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner ...

Shapiro would go on to start his own record label, Velocity Records, as well as founding the music agency Sound Talent Group. Shapiro represented such acts as Sum 41, Vanessa Carlton and Dave Navarro.

News Dave Shapiro, groundbreaking music executive, dies in San Diego plane crash at 42 Updated: May. 24, 2025, 9:22 a.m. | Published: May. 24, 2025, 9:09 a.m.