Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Fest Gets Yeeted on By Sus Driver 🚗💨

The Tea is Spilled

Okay, fam, listen up. Vancouver just had its "darkest day" ever. At the Lapu Lapu Day festival (shoutout to Filipino culture!), some 30-year-old dude named Kai-Ji Adam Lo allegedly decided to turn his car into a weapon and plowed into the crowd. Eleven people are now ghosted, ranging from a 5-year-old kiddo to a 65-year-old elder. Dozens more are nursing some serious ouchies. It was a vibe check gone wrong, fr.

The suspect's been snatched up by the cops and is facing eight counts of second-degree murder, but word is they might slap on even more charges later. Cops are saying this ain't a terrorist thing, but they're digging into this guy's mental health history, 'cause something ain't adding up. He has a history of interactions with police and healthcare professionals related to mental health.

The whole city's feeling the feels. Hundreds of people showed up to vigils to pay their respects and show some love for the victims. Prime Minister Mark Carney even pulled up to the scene and offered some condolences. He also nixed his campaign event. Even the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is sending his sympathies, and the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver is trying to help out the families. It's a whole mess, TBH.

Witnesses at the scene are saying it was like a horror movie, with the car straight-up accelerating into the crowd. Some peeps were wedged under vehicles, and one woman even shielded her grandkids from getting turned into roadkill. Mad respect for that grandma. The city's launching a full-on investigation to figure out what went wrong and how to keep this from ever happening again. British Columbia Premier David Eby is urging people to channel their rage into helping those affected. The mayor of Vancouver, Kenneth Sim, low-key stated that the city had “suffered its darkest day.”