25-05-2025
Murphy Canyon plane crash: Two more victims identified
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office identified two more people who died after a small plane crashed in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood early Thursday morning.
Dominic Christopher Damian, 41, and Kendall An Fortner, 24, were announced as the deceased, according to local medical officials. Both were aboard the Cessna aircraft at the time of the crash.
On Friday, the county named three other victims who were also on the aircraft: David Shapiro, 42, Emma L. Huke, 25, and Celina Marie Rose Kenyon, 36.
The crash occurred Thursday around 3:45 a.m. near Salmon and Sculpin streets.
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The county lists the place of death for all five victims in the 10200 block of Sample Street.
Since the crash, federal officials have said that six people were believed to be aboard the plane and that all are presumed dead.
Rock band The Devil Wears Prada said Daniel Williams, who was the group's drummer for a decade starting in 2005, was also on the plane. On Friday, Tandem Management Company, which works with musicians and lists The Devil Wears Prada among the groups it works with, posted on Facebook saying, 'the music world lost some extraordinary individuals,' and named Shapiro, Huke and Williams, along with Fortner.
The crash damaged multiple homes and vehicles along Sample Street, but no one on the ground was killed. Those who were injured mostly suffered from smoke inhalation and exiting windows.
FOX 5/KUSI's Sergio Robles contributed to this story.
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