Aircraft goes down in Hemet residential area, one dead

A small aircraft crashed in a residential area in the Hemet area Sunday, Jan. 22, killing the lone occupant aboard, authorities said. Firefighters responded to multiple reports of an aircraft emergency in the 36600 block of Judy Lane at about 10:50 a.m. Sunday, according to the Riverside County

Fire Department.

Upon arrival, they located a small ultralight plane down in the residential area. The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The incident appears to be an accident as there were no signs of foul play,” Sgt. Wenndy BritoGonzalez of the Riverside County Sheriff’sDepartment said. No further information was immediately available.

CALHOUN from page A-1 that wounded another deputy. Calhoun’s casket was draped in an American flag and enlarged photos of him in uniform were featured on the stage of the packed auditorium where a memorial was held.

Family, friends, and colleagues from the Riverside Sheriff’s Department and the San Diego Police Department, where Calhoun began his law enforcement career, remembered him as someone who loved his family and serving his community.

Danny Young, a retired lieutenant from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and a Calhoun family friend, said he knew Calhoun since he was 10.

“What he’s been most consistently in his life has been his willingness to serve. … He willingly went out daily to serve mankind,” Young said, the Press Enterprise reported. “He put service above self as the motto reads on the side of his patrol car.”

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, who is a reserve police officer in South Florida, offered condolences in a short recorded video played on the screen before a montage of photos from Calhoun’s life and career.

The nonprofit Tunnel of Towers Foundation, which provides homes for the families of first responders and veteran families, gave Calhoun’s widow, Vanessa, who is pregnant with their third child, a mortgage-free home.