Pierce the Veil are a group Shapiro worked especially close with as their agent, manager and friend. He attended the band's sold-out show this past Tuesday at New York City's Madison Square Garden, and flew out of New Jersey's Teterboro Airport the following night to head back home.

The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees, including co-founder Dave Shapiro, died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.