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3 more murder charges laid against suspect in Lapu-Lapu Day Vancouver festival tragedy

Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, the suspect in an alleged Vancouver car-ramming attack, is facing three additional counts of second-degree murder, according to police.

Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, is accused in the alleged car attack at a festival that killed 11 and injured dozens

Akshay Kulkarni · CBC News ·
A court sketch of a man with dark hair, dressed in a red T-shirt. He is hunched over and sitting on a blue bench.
Kai-Ji Adam Lo, the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy, has been charged with three additional counts of second-degree murder. He is seen here in a court sketch during an appearance on May 2. (Felicity Don)

Kai-Ji Adam Lo, the suspect in an alleged Vancouver car-ramming attack at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival, is now facing three additional counts of second-degree murder, according to police, bringing the total number of murder charges against him to 11.

Lo is accused of driving his SUV through a crowd of people at the Filipino community's Lapu-Lapu Day street festival on April 26, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more.

He was initially charged with eight counts of second-degree murder, and is set to face a court hearing on Wednesday to see if he is mentally fit to stand trial.

Vancouver police said in a brief statement on Tuesday that Lo will face three additional counts of second-degree murder after prosecutors reviewed evidence submitted by homicide investigators.

WATCH | Lo to face hearing: 

Court to determine if Lapu Lapu festival murder suspect is mentally fit for trial

2 months ago
Duration 1:19
A judge has ordered a hearing to determine if the Lapu-Lapu Day festival murder suspect is mentally fit to stand trial. As CBC News’ Karin Larsen reports, Kai Ji Adam Lo could face charges of 8 counts of 2nd degree murder.

A five-year-old girl, eight women and two men were killed in the alleged car-ramming attack.

It prompted the B.C. government to commission a report that made sweeping recommendations for event safety in B.C., as well as an outpouring of support for the Filipino diaspora.

Many of the details surrounding Lo's Wednesday court appearance are subject to a court-ordered publication ban.

Bystanders watch from outside a cordoned off area after a vehicle struck people at a street festival.
Police and first responders are pictured at the intersection of Fraser Street and 43rd Avenue on April 26, hours after an alleged car-ramming attack at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

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Akshay Kulkarni

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Akshay Kulkarni is an award-winning journalist who has worked at CBC British Columbia since 2021. Based in Vancouver, he is most interested in data-driven stories. You can email him at akshay.kulkarni@cbc.ca.

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