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Vancouver mayor, police chief to provide update on Lapu-Lapu Day response

Posted on April 30, 2025

British Columbia

Eleven people were killed and dozens of others were injured when an SUV drove through a crowd of people at a Filipino festival in Vancouver Saturday night.

Mayor Ken Sim, alongside acting police chief Steve Rai, will speak at 8:30 a.m. PT

Michelle Gomez · CBC News · Posted: Apr 30, 2025 10:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 37 minutes ago

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim to provide update on Lapu-Lapu Day response

Mayor Ken Sim will provide an update on the response to the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy, which killed 11 people and injured dozens of others. He will also take questions from the media, alongside acting Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim will provide an update Wednesday on the response to the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy that killed 11 people and injured dozens more over the weekend. 

He will be joined by acting Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai. 

On Saturday evening, as the festival was wrapping up in the area of Fraser Street and East 43rd Avenue, an SUV was driven into a crowd of people. Those killed ranged in age from five to 65.

Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has since been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle Gomez is a writer and reporter at CBC Vancouver. You can contact her at michelle.gomez@cbc.ca.

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