Charges have been laid against a man after the attack on a Vancouver Filipino festival on Saturday night that killed 11 people.
British Columbia's Court Services Online says Adam Kai-Ji Lo faces eight counts of murder.
Vancouver Police have said those who were killed range in age from 5 to 65 and the death toll could rise as dozens more were hurt when an SUV raced down a street where the Lapu Lapu Day festival was just wrapping up.
Vancouver's interim police chief Steve Rai says dozens more were injured and the death toll could rise further after the Saturday attack n a Filipino community festival in which an SUV sped through a South Vancouver street crowded with hundreds of festival patrons.
Rai says the 30-year-old Vancouver man who was arrested after the attack has a "significant history" of interactions with police and mental health workers, and while a motive is not known, he's confident terrorism is not involved.
He says a risk assessment was conducted before the event and police decided no heavy-vehicle barricades would be placed at the event.
Rai says he's confident the assessment was "sound," but a review of the circumstances surrounding the planning would be conducted with the City of Vancouver.
The attack left bodies and debris strewn across a long section of road near Fraser Street and West 43rd Avenue, and Rai says it's the "darkest day" in the city's history.
Members of Canada's Filipino community are sharing their shock and devastation in the wake of a car-ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival that left 11 people dead and dozens more injured.
The organization behind the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party where the attack took place posted to Instagram to detail the "deep heartbreak" brought on by this senseless tragedy.
The statement from Filipino BC encouraged members of the community to check in on one another and “hold each other” through this tragedy, and provided contact information for victim services and mental health support.
Filipino BC also says it discourages the viewing and sharing of the videos from the violent attack.
This morning, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Facebook he is “shattered” to hear about the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu event.
The president says his government and country's residents are one with the families of the victims and Vancouver’s Filipino community.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 27, 2025.