Lapu-Lapu Attack Suspect Charged With 3 Additional Counts of Murder

Members of the Vancouver Police forensics team examine the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd at a Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver, on April 27, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The man accused of deliberately driving an SUV into a packed Filipino festival in Vancouver this spring is now facing three new murder charges.

The BC Prosecution Service has approved three more counts of second-degree murder against Kai-Ji Lo, the alleged driver of the vehicle used in the deadly attack at the Lapu Lapu Festival on April 26, the Vancouver Police Department said in a press release.