On April 27th, Kai-Ji Adam Lo drove through a Filipino Heritage Festival in Vancouver killing 11 and injuring dozens more. Officials say that it was not an act of terror and that Lo has had a history of mental health issues.

Lo has not yet stated his plea. An attorney for Lo wasn’t shown in any online court documents. Hours after he was arrested Lo made a video appearance in front of a judge (Morris, Gillies, Rush, April 28).

Mayor Ken Sim said in a news conference with NBC on Sunday “It would appear that mental health appears to be the underlying issue here”(Chinchilla, Romero, Rajvanshi, Gao, April 28).

Police described the victims as mixed genders with an age range of 5-65 years old. The vehicle that Lo used was a Black Audi SUV. Authorities have not yet released the names of the victims.

The Police Interim Chief Steve Rai said it was “The darkest day in Vancouver’s history”(Gilles, Rush, Morris, April 28). Rai said that after being initially apprehended by bystanders Lo was then arrested by police. Kris Pangilinan, a vendor at the festival said in an interview with AP News “He slammed on the gas, barreled through the crowd” adding that “It looked like a bowling ball hitting bowling pins and all the pins are flying into the air”(Gilles, Rush, Morris , April 28).

Vincent Reynon was leaving when he had saw police rushing in as well as scattered bodies. When asked about what it looked liked he said “it was like something straight out of a horror movie or a nightmare”(Gilles, Rush, Morris April 28).

Lo has had multiple interactions with police as well as healthcare professionals including an interaction with authorities the day before the incident. Steve Addison, a police spokesman said that the interaction wasn’t “criminal in nature nor did it rise to a level where a mental health intervention was required” (Valdes, Rush, Wasson, May 6)