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CP NewsAlert: Accused festival killer being supervised under Mental Health Act

  • The Canadian Press

  • Canadian Press

  • April 29, 2025

A woman is overcome with grief while leaving flowers at a memorial site for the victims of an attack after a car drove through a crowd killing multiple people in Vancouver on Monday April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam

VICTORIA -- The man accused of driving a vehicle through a crowd of festival goers in Vancouver was under the care of a mental health team.

A statement from British Columbia's Ministry of Health says Adam Kai-Ji Lo was being followed closely under the Mental Health Act, and there was "no indication of violence" in his presentation to the Vancouver Coastal Health team.

It says to the care team's knowledge, there was no recent change in his condition of non-compliance with his treatment plan that would have warranted him needing to be hospitalized involuntarily.

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