The accused in the fatal Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival vehicle attack is now facing three more charges of second-degree murder.
Kai-Ji Lo, 30, was charged with these additional counts of second-degree murder on Tuesday (July 22), according to a news release from Vancouver police. Police said the B.C. Prosecution Service approved the additional charges after a review of additional evidence submitted by Vancouver police homicide investigators.
He was initially charged with eight counts of second-degree murder on April 27, the day after the attack. This brings the total charges to 11.
Lo is already scheduled to be in court Wednesday, July 23 to determine if he is fit to stand trial.
Judge Reg Harris issued a common-law publication ban at the May 2 appearance. It remains in place, he said, to preserve a fair trial. Harris has allowed media to publicly report on the application of the fitness assessment. However, the basis for the assessment, why it's necessary, where it happened, and the results remain under a publication ban.
Lo is alleged to have driven an SUV through the crowd at the street festival.
Eleven people were killed – seven women, two men, one non-binary person and a five-year-old girl – and at least two dozen more were injured, ranging in age from 22 months old to 60 years old.
