6 Presumed Dead After Plane That Left NJ Airport Crashes

Six people are presumed dead after the plane they were flying in crashed hours after leaving a New Jersey airport. A music industry agent was among those killed when the plane crashed early Thursday morning into a residential neighborhood in San Diego.

Six people were on board the plane, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. All of them were presumed dead.

Dave Shapiro, 42, owned the Cessna 550 aircraft that went down amid foggy weather around 3:45 a.m. in the Murphy Canyon community.

The Cessna left Teterboro Airport on Wednesday, then stopped over in Wichita, Kansas, to refuel before departing for San Diego, according to Flightaware.com.

Federal Aviation Administration records showed that the plane was registered to an Alaskan company owned by Shapiro, who also owned El Cajon-based talent agency Sound Talent Group. Two other Sound Talent Group employees were killed in the crash, Billboard reported.

"We are devastated by the loss of our co-founder, colleagues and friends," a spokesperson for Sound Talent Group told Billboard. "Our hearts go out to their families and to everyone impacted by today’s tragedy. Thank you so much for respecting their privacy at this time."

Eight people on the ground were injured, largely with minor injuries, including one person who was taken to a hospital, officials said.

The plane crash damaged at least 10 buildings and several vehicles, and forced the evacuation of about 100 people in one of the U.S. military's largest housing neighborhoods. One home was destroyed. Photos from the scene can be viewed here.

With reporting from Kristina Houck of Patch