VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police have confirmed that the suspect in Saturday's deadly ramming attack that killed 11 people in the city is the brother of a man who was murdered in an unrelated killing last year.
Thirty-year-old Adam Kai-Ji Lo — who has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder with more charges anticipated — is the brother of Alexander Lo, who was killed in January last year in Vancouver.
A fundraiser was set up by Adam Lo for his brother's funeral expenses but it has since been removed from the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform.
Adam Lo wrote that Alexander Lo had been killed in a "senseless act of violence" and that while the brothers had "disagreements" the killing had hit him with "overwhelming force."
A second request for funding was set up by Adam Lo after he says his mother attempted suicide in the wake of his brother's murder.
Dwight Kematch was charged with the second-degree murder of Alexander Lo in November but the case is the subject of a publication ban.
Kematch's lawyer did not return a message seeking comment.
Of the 32 people sent to hospital on Saturday after an SUV drove through a crowd at the Filipino community's Lapu Lapu Day festival, police say seven people remain in critical condition and three more have serious injuries.
— With files from Darryl Greer
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 28, 2025.
Nono Shen and Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press
