Accidents
Music Agent Shapiro among Six Killed in Citation Crash
Sound Talent Group confirmed three employee fatalities
NTSB investigator Eliott Simpson speaks at a press briefing May 22 2025
NTSB senior aviation accident investigator Eliott Simpson gave a briefing about the Citation accident on May 22. © ABC/10

The crash of a Cessna Citation S550 into a residential neighborhood near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (KMYF) in San Diego early on May 22 killed all six occupants aboard, including music agent and Sound Talent Group co-founder Dave Shapiro, who was also a pilot, according to federal and media sources.

The business jet—N666DS—registered to Daviator LLC and operated privately, struck power lines at approximately 3:47 a.m. before crashing into the Murphy Canyon military housing neighborhood. “It struck one home and then quite a fair number of automobiles,” said NTSB senior accident investigator Eliott Simpson during a May 22 briefing. “There are fragments of the airplane underneath the power lines.” He confirmed that the wreckage was scattered across a large area.