Former Los Angeles Laker and five-time NBA
champion Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in the Los
Angeles area. Four other people were also killed.
A
call for a downed helicopter in Calabasas went out at 10:01 a.m. local
time, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. People
who were out mountain biking in the area reported the accident.
David
Shapiro, a former mayor of Calabasas and currently a city councilman,
confirmed to NBC News that Bryant was on the helicopter.
"Unfortunately there were no survivors," Los Angeles County Fire Captain Tony Imbrenda told reporters Sunday.
On Saturday night, Bryant tweeted his congratulations to LeBron James after he surpassed Bryant on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
Bryant told GQ in 2010
that he would take a private helicopter from his Orange County home to
every home game he played at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
County officials said firefighters were able to extinguish the flames and are working to preserve evidence for investigators.
NBA athletes, officials and fans mourned the
loss of Bryant, who was considered one of basketball’s greatest players
of all time.
“May your memory be a blessing,” Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweeted.
Retired forward Paul Pierce expressed his disbelief on Twitter, saying, “This is not real right now.”
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