#KobeBryant #HelicopterCrash #NBA #Calabasas 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. It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. The aircraft went down in a remote field off Las Virgenes around 10:00 this morning. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The FAA and NTSB are investigating. — City of Calabasas (@CityofCalabasas) January 26, 2020 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