Lapu Lapu festival victims are mainly female, Vancouver police confirm

Vancouver police provided more details on the Lapu Lapu festival tragedy at a press conference on Monday afternoon.

On Sunday, police announced that 11 people died in the incident when an SUV drove into a crowd of people on Saturday, just after 8 p.m.

Among the victims of the tragedy, nine of them are female and two are men, Vancouver police Sgt. Steve Addison confirmed. The youngest victim, a five-year-old is a girl and the oldest victim, a 65-year-old, is a man.

All but one live in the Metro Vancouver area.

“We are going to take a victim-trauma-centred approach… and we are not going to release their identities at this time,” he said.

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“We will provide the information in due course.”

As of Monday afternoon, seven people remain in critical condition in hospital, three people are in serious condition and six are still admitted with non-life-threatening injuries.

Addison said there are more victims as some may not have received treatment immediately or at all.

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Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, was charged with eight counts of second-degree murder on Sunday.

He remains in custody, pending a court date. He was taken into custody shortly after the incident on Saturday.

No new charges were announced against Lo on Monday.

Addison said they anticipate that additional charges will be laid against Lo in the coming days or weeks.

Addison said Lo had contact with police in a neighbouring jurisdiction on April 25, one day before the attack. He said it was not criminal in nature and did not warrant a trip to hospital.

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The crime scene remains active and will possibly continue into Tuesday, Addision confirmed.

A search warrant was executed at Lo’s home in Vancouver on Sunday and officers continue to collect evidence.

An online portal has also been created at vpd.ca for people to upload any bystander video that could help in the investigation.

The Lapu Lapu Day festival was taking place on school grounds located near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street.

Thousands of people attended the event, including politicians and city officials.