People scramble around the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Saturday, April 26, 2025. Photo by Mohamad Sarimar Mohamad Sarima /AP
Ten victims remain in hospital Tuesday following Saturday’s devastating Lapu Lapu Day vehicle attack in Vancouver.
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According to Vancouver police, of the 10 still in hospital, seven are in critical condition and three are in serious condition. Eleven people were killed, including a five-year-old girl, when 30-year-old Kai-ji Adam Lo allegedly drove an SUV through a Filipino block party with food vans on East 43rd Avenue west of Fraser Street. Ten of the victims lived in Metro Vancouver.
Of the seven in critical condition, two are women and five are men, aged between 29 and 66. Of those who are in serious condition, two are men and one is a 22-month-old boy.
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Acting Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said he would reveal on Wednesday when event attendees whose personal items were left at the scene can retrieve them.
“Personal property that has been recovered from that crime scene that was not seized as evidence is being recovered and we are going to establish a process, which I will be able to tell you about, hopefully tomorrow, to return that property to people,” Rai said during a media update Tuesday.
“We’re just working out the details of that, so I’ll come back tomorrow, hopefully and provide a bit more information.”
Members of the Vancouver Police forensics team examine the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd at a Lapu Lapu Day street festival Saturday evening in Vancouver, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press
The attack occurred as the event, celebrating Filipino national hero Datu Lapu Lapu, was winding down after a concert in the John Oliver School field. Food trucks remained open for departing diners.
Rai said investigators were in the process of contacting around 200 witnesses, adding the police department had received 43 tips and 51 video submissions from the public.
“There is a lot of evidence to collect. We’ve taken the time that we need to collect that evidence. Our work is done,” he said, adding the City of Vancouver was responsible for reopening the blocks that were under investigation.
“We understand that the fact that this (road) closure, this crime scene has been in place now into our fourth day. It has had an impact on the immediate surrounding community, the school, people who live in the area, and businesses, particularly that operate on Fraser Street. We thank everybody for their patience.”
Fraser Street between East 41st and East 44th Avenues has reopened, as has East 43rd Avenue between Fraser and Chester Street.
The block of East 43rd between Fraser and St George Street, where the carnage occurred remains closed.
