“We knew it was a news chopper, we knew we’d lost contact with our people out there, and we’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, NewsChopper4 went down just before 7 o’clock tonight in Chatsworth,” Williams said of the incident. “We’re going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, to process and to regroup.”
The helicopter crash occurred between two commercial buildings, the LAFD said, which resulted in a fire that damaged four cars and two storage containers in the area.
While Moreno, Marciniw and a third victim who has yet to be identified were pronounced dead at the scene, two others were taken to the hospital, Fire Battalion Chief Rico A. Gross said at a late-night news conference Sept. 15, per NBC News.