Canada - Car drove into a crowd during a festival, multiple people killed, driver is in custody, Vancouver, BC, 26 Apr 2025

[GuyfromCanada]

A vehicle drove into the crowd at a Filipino celebration in South Vancouver on Saturday evening, leaving “a number of people” dead and multiple others injured, authorities say.

The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. at the Lapu-Lapu Day ’25 Block Party, held at the busy intersection of Fraser Street and East 41st Avenue.

More at ‘A number of people’ dead after vehicle drives into Filipino block party in Vancouver: police

 

[Charlot123]

OMG. Wishing the wounded ones to make it.

 

[vls12345]

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7519778

Vancouver police say several people have been killed and multiple others injured after a driver of a black SUV drove into a crowd at a street festival Saturday evening.

 

[vls12345]

Lapu Lapu festival: Suspect charged with eight counts of second degree murder after Vancouver car ramming

Police say 11 people aged five to 65 were killed and more than two dozen injured when a man drove an SUV into a crowd of festival-goers.

www.bbc.com

"One suspect, one vehicle," Steve Rai tells reporters when asked whether police are looking for anyone else.

Rai is asked whether the 30-year-old suspect has a criminal record.

"It would be inappropriate for me to get into those kind of details at this point," Rai says adding it would be "unfair" to make comments on whether the suspect was on bail.

 

[vls12345]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2047088/vancouver-live-multiple-dead-car

Eyewitness Yoseb Vardeh, a food truck operator, said he heard "an engine rev" before looking down the road and seeing "bodies everywhere". “He went through the whole block, he went straight down the middle," he told Postmedia.

 

[vls12345]

'Bodies everywhere': Multiple people killed, injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver

'There's just bodies everywhere': Witnesses describe the carnage after someone drove into a crowd of festivalgoers in Vancouver. Read more.

vancouversun.com

Late Saturday, Vancouver police confirmed at a news conference that a 30-year-old Vancouver man who was known to police “in certain circumstances” had been arrested, after bystanders at the festivals held him until police arrived.

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The driver of the SUV was taken into custody and was telling bystanders he was “sorry.” Sources say he appears to have been suffering from mental-health issues.

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Fry and fellow Coun. Sean Orr said normally the city parks dump trucks to block streets for city festivals. That didn’t happen today.

 

[vls12345]

Vancouver street festival: 11 people killed in car-ramming attack, as PM says Canada is ‘heartbroken’ – latest updates

More than 20 people were also injured at Lapu Lapu celebrations, but police rule out terrorism as motive after man arrested at scene

www.theguardian.com

 

[DS2021]

Lapu Lapu festival: Suspect charged with eight counts of second degree murder after Vancouver car ramming

Police say 11 people aged five to 65 were killed and more than two dozen injured when a man drove an SUV into a crowd of festival-goers.

www.bbc.com

Nine people killed after man drives car into Vancouver festival


They are also saying they are confident thus isn't an act of terrorism

 

[dotr]

Apr 27, 2025 #GlobalNews #bc #crime
Several people have been killed and multiple others have been injured after a driver drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver on Saturday night.Sources tell Global News that at least eight people are dead, including a child, and at least six others are injured.Vancouver Police have yet to confirm the numbers, saying in a midnight media conference that it would be unfair to speculate an exact number as the victims were taken to multiple hospitals in the region.Witnesses describe a black Audi SUV driving through the crowd around 8 p.m. A 30-year-old suspect, a Vancouver man, was arrested at the scene.

 

[dotr]

'BODIES EVERYWHERE': 9 people killed, others injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver

'There's just bodies everywhere': Witnesses describe the carnage after someone drove into a crowd of festivalgoers in Vancouver. Read more.

torontosun.com

rbbm.
''Late Saturday night, Vancouver police confirmed at a news conference that a 30-year-old Vancouver man who was known to police “in certain circumstances” had been arrested, after bystanders at the festival held him until police arrived.

The driver of the SUV was taken into custody and was telling bystanders he was “sorry.” Sources say he appears to have been suffering from mental-health issues.''

''Vardeh said the man being arrested was telling bystanders to stop filming him.''

VANCOUVER, B.C.: APRIL 26, 2025 – Multiple people were killed and more injured after this black SUV sped through crowds at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver, B.C. near East 43rd and Fraser on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Photo by SUBMITTED / POSTMEDIA

 

[DS2021]

Press conference in an hour or so

Vancouver street festival: 11 people killed in car-ramming attack, as PM says Canada is ‘heartbroken’ – latest updates

More than 20 people were also injured at Lapu Lapu celebrations, but police rule out terrorism as motive after man arrested at scene

www.theguardian.com

 

[DS2021]

Vancouver street festival: 11 people killed in car-ramming attack, as PM says Canada is ‘heartbroken’ – latest updates

More than 20 people were also injured at Lapu Lapu celebrations, but police rule out terrorism as motive after man arrested at scene

www.theguardian.com

Eleven confirmed deaths in Vancouver car-ramming attack – police
Police have confirmed that there are now 11 deaths in the Vancouver car-ramming attack.

In a press conference on Sunday, Vancouver police said that those injured were transported by ambulance to nine different hospitals through metro Vancouver.

Interim Vancouver police chief Steve Rai said “the person we have in custody does have a significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health”.

They also believe that the evidence currently at hand “does not lead us to believe this was an act of terrorism”.

Charges have yet to be filed.

 

[dotr]

Streamed live 3 hours ago #GlobalNews #crime
'The death toll from the Saturday night ramming attack at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu festival has risen to 11 and dozens more are injured, local police said in a Sunday morning update on the incident in a which a man drove a vehicle into the celebrating crowd. Vancouver Police Department interim Chief Const. Steve Rai said it was “the darkest day” in the city’s history, and that the number of dead could rise in the coming days and weeks.“It is impossible to overstate how many lives have been impacted forever by this lone individual,” Rye said, referring to a 30-year-old man who was arrested at the scene and remains in custody.'

 

[Chimera]

11 killed as a vehicle plows into a Filipino street festival in Vancouver. Police rule out terrorism

The vehicle entered the street where people were attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

apnews.com

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver police ruled out terrorism in a car ramming attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city, saying the suspect has a history of mental health issues.

Kris Pangilinan, who brought his pop-up clothing and lifestyle booth to the festival, saw the vehicle enter past the barricade slowly before the driver slammed on the gas in an area that was packed with people after a concert. He said hearing the sounds of bodies hitting the vehicle will never leave his mind.Pangilinan said that it would be hard to believe “that someone has some malice against the Filipino people.”
Rbm.

First bolded : Although terrorism is ruled out ... imo, it was still an act of domestic terrorism !

Second bolded: Doubt it was a race/ethnic attack after hearing the witnesses description of the perp at the link below, it sounds like the perp was known to law enforcement and may be Filipino himself ?
However it was evil, possibly premeditated, and despite his mental health issues there is no excuse for such behavior.
Imo.

11 killed as a vehicle plows into a Filipino street festival in Vancouver. Police rule out terrorism

The vehicle entered the street where people were attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

apnews.com

"Three eyewitnesses described what they saw after the driver of a car struck revelers at a street festival in Canada....."

 

[Dotta]

Why was Filipino community attacked?
Is the perp Filipino too?
It looks to me like terror attack.
Because what else can it be?
Running over people celebrating their festival.
Murdering them.

RIP to poor victims.
Sincerest condolences to families.

Terrible tragedy

JMO

 

[Chimera]

11 killed as a vehicle plows into a Filipino street festival in Vancouver. Police rule out terrorism

The vehicle entered the street where people were attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

apnews.com

Video circulating on social media showed a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him, the Associated Press reported.

'I´m sorry,' the man said, holding his hand to his head, according to AP.

Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai declined to comment on the video, but said the person in custody was a 'lone male' who was 'known to police in certain circumstances.'

Rbm.
Saying he is, 'sorry' is not going to help !
I can't blame people for using profanity towards him.

What a ghastly act this perp committed against innocent people.

Whatever mental issues he has , he still made a choice to murder people !
Imo.

 

[Chimera]

'Bodies everywhere': Multiple people killed, injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver

'There's just bodies everywhere': Witnesses describe the carnage after someone drove into a crowd of festivalgoers in Vancouver. Read more.

vancouversun.com

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Not blocking streets is a bad idea !!!!!
Every outdoor festival needs to have this happen.
Have we learned nothing from the past ?
Imo.

 

[mewmew]

I am not trying to excuse him, but curious to know what his mental health struggles are. Reminds me a bit of the Nicole Linton case in CA. He could’ve been hallucinating, delusional, entirely unaware of his surroundings. It’s a terrible horrible thing that has happened but I will wait to hear more before having any firm opinions.

 

[Chimera]

I am not trying to excuse him, but curious to know what his mental health struggles are. Reminds me a bit of the Nicole Linton case in CA. He could’ve been hallucinating, delusional, entirely unaware of his surroundings. It’s a terrible horrible thing that has happened but I will wait to hear more before having any firm opinions.

He asked people to stop filming him per. the post upthread.
He knew what he did was wrong, imo.

 

[Chimera]

'BODIES EVERYWHERE': 9 people killed, others injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver

'There's just bodies everywhere': Witnesses describe the carnage after someone drove into a crowd of festivalgoers in Vancouver. Read more.

torontosun.com

rbbm.
''Late Saturday night, Vancouver police confirmed at a news conference that a 30-year-old Vancouver man who was known to police “in certain circumstances” had been arrested, after bystanders at the festival held him until police arrived.

The driver of the SUV was taken into custody and was telling bystanders he was “sorry.” Sources say he appears to have been suffering from mental-health issues.''

''Vardeh said the man being arrested was telling bystanders to stop filming him.''
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VANCOUVER, B.C.: APRIL 26, 2025 – Multiple people were killed and more injured after this black SUV sped through crowds at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver, B.C. near East 43rd and Fraser on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Photo by SUBMITTED / POSTMEDIA

Rbm.
This ^^^^.