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Ottawa Citizen
29-04-2025
- Ottawa Citizen
Accused mass killer in Lapu Lapu Day tragedy was on leave from hospital: Vancouver Coastal Health
Article content Vancouver Coastal Health says accused mass killer Kai-ji Adam Lo was under the care of a mental health team and on leave from hospital at the time of Saturday's deadly festival attack in southeast Vancouver. Article content In a statement, the health authority offered 'its deepest condolences to the victims of the Lapu Lapu Day Festival, their families and the entire Filipino community during this incredibly challenging time.' Article content Article content 'VCH can confirm the alleged driver of the vehicle was under the care of a mental health team and on extended leave in accordance with the Mental Health Act,' the statement said. Article content Article content 'Extended leave is intended to help clients maintain their treatment plans while transitioning back to community for ongoing support.' Article content The health authority statement claims 'the care team followed established guidelines for a client on extended leave, and there was no indication this person was not following their treatment plan or presented a public safety risk.' Article content Subject 37 of the B.C. Mental Health Act says that if a 'director considers that leave would benefit a patient detained in the designated facility, the director may release the patient on leave from the designated facility providing appropriate support exists in the community to meet the conditions of the leave.' Article content Article content Lo is facing eight counts of second-degree murder, but is expected to be charged with additional counts as the investigation progresses. Police had dozens of encounters with Lo over the years related to his mental health. Article content Vancouver Police Sgt. Steve Addison told reporters Monday that a neighbouring police agency, likely the RCMP, had dealt with Lo on April 25 but that the situation was not serious enough to warrant intervention. Article content Lo, who is believed to have suffered from delusions and paranoia, is charged with driving his 2018 Audi SUV through a crowd of people attending the Filipino festival on East 43rd Avenue, west of Fraser, just after 8 p.m. Saturday.
Vancouver Sun
29-04-2025
- Vancouver Sun
Accused mass killer in Lapu Lapu Day tragedy was on leave from hospital: Vancouver Coastal Health
Article content Vancouver Coastal Health says accused mass killer Kai-ji Adam Lo was under the care of a mental health team and on leave from hospital at the time of Saturday's deadly festival attack in southeast Vancouver. Article content Article content In a statement, the health authority offered 'its deepest condolences to the victims of the Lapu Lapu Day Festival, their families and the entire Filipino community during this incredibly challenging time.' Article content Article content 'VCH can confirm the alleged driver of the vehicle was under the care of a mental health team and on extended leave in accordance with the Mental Health Act,' the statement said. Article content Article content The health authority statement claims 'the care team followed established guidelines for a client on extended leave, and there was no indication this person was not following their treatment plan or presented a public safety risk.' Article content Subject 37 of the B.C. Mental Health Act says that if a 'director considers that leave would benefit a patient detained in the designated facility, the director may release the patient on leave from the designated facility providing appropriate support exists in the community to meet the conditions of the leave.' Article content Article content Article content Lo is facing eight counts of second-degree murder, but is expected to be charged with additional counts as the investigation progresses. Police had dozens of encounters with Lo over the years related to his mental health. Article content Vancouver Police Sgt. Steve Addison told reporters Monday that a neighbouring police agency, likely the RCMP, had dealt with Lo on April 25 but that the situation was not serious enough to warrant intervention. Article content Lo, who is believed to have suffered from delusions and paranoia, is charged with driving his 2018 Audi SUV through a crowd of people attending the Filipino festival on East 43rd Avenue, west of Fraser, just after 8 p.m. Saturday.
New York Times
27-04-2025
- New York Times
At Least Nine People Killed After Driver Plows Into Street Party in Vancouver
A driver plowed into a group of partygoers attending a Filipino street festival on Saturday evening in Vancouver, British Columbia, killing at least nine people, according to the local authorities. Vancouver police said earlier that they were investigating a 'mass casualty incident' at a neighborhood block party. The police said they had taken 'a lone suspect' into custody at the scene: the driver, a 30-year-old Vancouver man. Investigators had ruled out terrorism as a motive, Vancouver police said in an email, but they did not offer further details. Photographs published by news agencies showed what appeared to be a black SUV with significant damage to the front of the vehicle, and its airbags deployed. 'At approximately 8:14 p.m. on April 26, a man drove into a large crowd of people attending the Lapu Lapu Day Festival near East 43rd Avenue and Fraser Street,' the Vancouver police said in a post on social media. The annual event celebrates Datu Lapu Lapu, a national hero in the Philippines. 'As of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last night's Lapu Lapu Festival,' the police said in another post on social media early Sunday. 'Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident.' In a news conference, Steve Rai, the interim police chief, did not address a possible motive for the incident, but said the driver had been known to the police. Members of the crowd had subdued the man before officers got to the scene, he said. The incident occurred less than 48 hours before federal elections were set to take place in Canada. When asked by reporters whether the incident was related to the elections, Mr. Rai said, 'I don't know anything about that.' Underscoring the police's initial assessment that the attack was an isolated event, the police are will allow a 10-kilometer run that drew more than 45,000 entrants last year to go ahead on Sunday. The incident occurred just as a Filipino American rapper and a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, had finished a concert performance at the festival on the grounds of a high school. Alan Kane, a witness, told CBC Radio that just before the attack, the crowd on the street where it occurred was 'wall to wall' and lined up for food trucks. He said that it appeared that the street was blocked to traffic only by plastic barriers. Several witnesses told Canadian news outlets that those barriers had been pulled back before the incident. Kris Pangilinan, who was selling clothing at a booth, said that some cars and trucks had been allowed into the crowded street to allow vendors to pack up their stands. The Audi SUV, he said, had initially moved cautiously into the crowd before rapidly accelerating, knocking down victims. 'It looked like we literally in a war zone,' Mr. Pangilinan told the CBC. Other witnesses said the driver tried to run away before being subdued by bystanders. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in a social media post that he was 'devastated to hear about the horrific events at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver earlier this evening.' 'I offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian community, and to everyone in Vancouver,' he said. 'We are all mourning with you.' A spokeswoman for Mr. Carney said that his schedule for the final day of campaigning before Monday's vote would be revised because of the attack. Vancouver's mayor, Ken Sim, said he was 'shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident.' Vancouver prides itself on being a diverse, multicultural city, with more than half of its residents identifying themselves as a 'visible minority,' according to 2021 census data. Lapu Lapu Day is an annual celebration in the Philippines, marking the memory of Datu Lapu Lapu, who stood up against Spanish colonization. In Vancouver, the festival was established as an annual event in 2023. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines said in a statement on Sunday that he was 'completely shattered to hear about the terrible incident' in Vancouver, and he expressed his 'deepest sympathies' to the families of the victims.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Former 'Law & Order: SVU' Actor Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
An actor who appeared on the iconic "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" show has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A longtime actor, who appeared in other shows like "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Americans," has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for murder. Isaiah Stokes, 45, was sentenced in the murder of a man in New York City in 2021. Stokes' prison sentence was announced this week. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Stokes' prison sentence in a press release this week. The actor had been found guilty of murder earlier this month. Stokes was found guilty of murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. He was found guilty in the death of 37-year-old Tyrone Jones. From the press release: Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Isaiah Stokes was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today after being convicted of murder for the fatal shooting of Tyrone Jones in St. Albans on February 7, 2021. The victim was sitting in a parked Jeep Cherokee and waiting for a friend to arrive for lunch when he was shot and killed. The shooting is believed to have been retaliation for an altercation between the defendant and the victim at the victim's birthday party in October 2020. Stokes was allegedly seeking revenge on Jones for kicking him out of a birthday party. 'Isaiah Stokes, embarrassed and upset that he was thrown out of a birthday party in October 2020, sought revenge on Tyrone Jones. Months later, the defendant attached a GPS tracking device to his victim's vehicle and stalked Jones for more than a week. Stokes tracked Jones down to Linden Boulevard and fired 11 times into Jones' vehicle, striking the man in his head and chest. Justice has now been served for the premeditated murder perpetrated by this defendant and he will now spend 25 years to life in prison as a direct consequence of his criminal actions," Katz said. Katz had more on how things transpired: On or about January 29, 2021, the defendant placed a GPS tracking device underneath Jones' vehicle and used that to track down the victim on February 7, 2021. At approximately 2:30 p.m. that day, Stokes exited an Audi SUV with New Jersey license plates at the intersection of 200th Street and 118th Avenue. The defendant circled the area of 200th Street and Linden Boulevard on foot for approximately 15 minutes before he walked towards Jones' Jeep Grand Cherokee, took out a gun and fired 11 times into the car. The victim, who was waiting for a friend inside the vehicle, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest and was pronounced dead on the scene. Stokes has been acting since the 2000s. He appeared on a 2009 episode of "Law & Order: SVU" and has had roles in several other prominent shows. Now, he'll be spending most of the rest of his life behind bars.
