Dave Shapiro was a music talent agent and pilot who filled his Instagram page with videos showing him flying planes. "Flying back with @davevelocity," former rocker Daniel Williams wrote on his Instagram story, using Shapiro's Instagram handle, and sharing a photo of the plane.

Sound Talent Group confirmed to the Associated Press that company co-founder Dave Shapiro and two other employees were among six people on board a plane that crashed in San Diego’s Murphy Canyon.