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Watch: News Conference On Kobe Bryant's Fatal Crash

A press conference by the LA County Sheriff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday to provide details on the helicopter crash in Calabasas.

Firefights work on the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.
Firefights work on the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities are holding a news conference Sunday at 2:30 p.m. to provide the details surrounding the fatal helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, that took the life of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others, according to multiple reports.

The press conference will be hosted by the LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, LA County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby and other local authorities. The event will take place at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station on Agoura Road in Calabasas.

None of the five people on board survived the helicopter crash, which was called in early Sunday morning on the 4200 block of Las Virgenes Road, according to officials.

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The crash comes one day after Bryant, the Philadelphia native, was passed by Lakers forward LeBron James for third place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

Bryant now sits fourth on the NBA's all-time scoring list, with 33,643 points. He won two NBA Finals MVP awards and one NBA regular-season MVP honor during his 20-year career.

NBA players, athletes and politicians took to various forms of social media to share their reactions to the devastating helicopter crash.

President Donald Trump also used Twitter to relay his reaction the news of Bryant's death. "Reports are that basketball great Kobe Bryant and three others have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. That is terrible news!"

Kobe Bryant was 41.

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