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Scenes from memorials on the scene where at least eleven people were killed by a speeding vehicle on Fraser St during a Lapu Lapu Day block party in Vancouver, B.C., April 28, 2025. the driver of the car, Kai-Ji Adam Lo has been chaged with eight counts of murder with more charges anticipated. (NICK PROCAYLO/PNG) 10107866A [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG
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The man charged with 11 counts of second-degree murder related to the deaths at a Filipino festival in Vancouver in April was in Vancouver provincial court on Wednesday to learn if he’s mentally fit to stand trial.
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Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, who has been in custody since April 26, the day of the festival, stared with wide eyes as he entered the prisoner’s dock at the Downtown Eastside courtroom that was three-quarters occupied.
Lo, wearing a long-sleeved navy blue sweatshirt and matching sweat pants, his hair dishevelled, sat without a word or expression in the dock while a witness gave testimony during the first day of a two-day hearing.
He faces 11 murder charges, three of which Vancouver police had added on Tuesday to the previous eight laid in the weeks after the incident.
Lo was arrested at the festival site after a black SUV was driven through a crowd of people 15 minutes after the end of a daylong festival held by Vancouver’s Filipino community to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day near 41st Avenue and Fraser Street in east Vancouver.
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Eleven people were killed, including a five-year-old girl, her parents and a 65-year-old, and dozens more were injured.
Judge Reg Harris restated a publication ban at the start of Wednesday’s hearing that prevents the disclosure of any evidence or facts heard during the two-day hearing. That includes any submissions by Lo’s lawyer, Mark Swartz, or the prosecutor, Michaela Donnelly.
Such publications bans are common in pretrial hearings to protect the trial process, especially if the accused chooses to be tried by jury and judge.
Harris had ordered a psychiatric assessment at Lo’s earlier court appearance to determine whether Lo could be found not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.
The outcome of the two-day hearing can be made public.
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![Scenes from memorials on the scene where at least eleven people were killed by a speeding vehicle on Fraser St during a Lapu Lapu Day block party in Vancouver, B.C., April 28, 2025. the driver of the car, Kai-Ji Adam Lo has been chaged with eight counts of murder with more charges anticipated. (NICK PROCAYLO/PNG) 10107866A [PNG Merlin Archive]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/torontosun/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/png0428nmemorials-11_295257118.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=brZtM8xZkF41EKBW9Vue2A)
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