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Vancouver Festival Attack Suspect Starts Fitness Hearing After Charges Raised to 11

The court barred publication of evidence during Lo’s two-day hearing to assess his mental fitness for trial on 11 second-degree murder counts.

Kai-Ji Adam Lo is facing a two-day hearing to determine his fitness to stand trial on 11 counts of second-degree murder.
People hold a candlelight vigil in Vancouver, on Friday, May 2, 2025, on the street where a vehicle-ramming attack occurred at the Filipino community's Lapu Lapu Day festival on April 26. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver police with a drone on the scene where at least twelve people were killed by a speeding vehicle on Fraser St during Lapu Lapu Day celebrations in Vancouver April 27, 2025.
Kai-Ji Adam Lo is seen in footage taken at the scene of the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on Saturday night.

Overview

  • The BC Prosecution Service approved three additional second-degree murder counts this week, bringing charges against Kai-Ji Adam Lo to 11 in connection with the April vehicle-ramming at a Filipino cultural festival.
  • A provincial court judge imposed a two-day fitness-to-stand-trial hearing under a publication ban that covers all evidence presented during the proceedings.
  • A media consortium has filed a legal challenge against the publication ban seeking to allow reporting on testimony and submissions from the hearing.
  • Investigators are examining Lo’s history of mental health contacts with police, including an interaction the day before the Lapu Lapu Day attack that did not lead to intervention.
  • Six victims of the attack remain hospitalized in stable condition as community groups continue to support families and press for enhanced public event safety measures.