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A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens more in what police are calling “the darkest day” in the city’s history.

A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens more in what police are calling “the darkest day” in the city’s history.

Some of those attending the festival helped chase down and detain the suspect, who police identified as a 30-year-old man who had a history of mental health-related interactions with authorities.

Police said the ages of those killed range from five to 65. “Dozens more are injured, some critically, and some have not yet been identified,” Vancouver Police interim chief Steve Rai said in a Sunday press conference.

  • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
    4·
    19 days ago

    Who the fuck targets Filipinos of all people?! Not line any act of terrorism is in any means justified, but those are some of the nicest people on the planet. What a bloody scumbag.

    • LovstuhagenOPMEnglish
      1·
      18 days ago

      The suspect:

      Police identified the driver as 30-year-old Kai-Ji Adam Lo. He’s been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder, and police say further charges are anticipated.

      Festivalgoers subdued the man after the rampage until police arrived and took him into custody.

      Authorities said the suspect is a Vancouver resident who has a history of mental illness, and he is known to police.

      Mayor Sim said officials believe “that mental health appears to be the underlying issue here.”

      NBC News

      His family has apparently suffered from crime before:

      Kai-Ji Adam Lo launched a GoFundMe page after his brother was found dead in January last year. Police had then arrested Dwight William Kematch on the scene and charged him.

      Adam Lo’s lawyer Jim Heller said that his client is set to begin his trial this October.

      “My mother took out significant loans to build him a modest, tiny home, an endeavour already marked by painful encounters with builders,” Adam Lo wrote on the GoFundMe page.

      “The realization that he’ll never return home pains both me and my financially strained mother, unable to afford proper funeral expenses. I hope he can find peace with a dignified farewell.”

      Hindustan Times via MSN

      He appeared to show some kind of remorse after the incident:

      Online footage showed a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him.

      “I’m sorry,” the young man, appearing visibly distressed and holding his hand to his head, could be heard saying.

      Interim police chief Steve Rai said the person in custody was a lone male who was “known to police in certain circumstances” but it would be “unfair” to make comments on whether he was on bail.

      He had “a significant history of interactions with police and healthcare professionals related to mental health”.

      There’s some more information about his brother’s murder:

      His brother was found dead on 28 January 2024 in a home 2km from where the family lived, the Globe and Mail reported. A suspect in the case, Dwight William Kematch, 39, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

      Independent