At least 11 people were killed after a man drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, Canada. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti has the latest details.
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Police in Vancouver have ruled out terrorism as a potential motive after 11 people were killed by a driver who plowed through a crowd at a Filipino festival
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Now, that suspect is under arrest and charged with multiple counts of second-degree murder
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Let's get right to Good Days. Briella Thomasetti, she joins us live in studio with the very latest on this tragedy. Briella
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So, Shani and Dan, just an awful story. 11 people are dead and dozens more, as you mentioned, injured
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the victims ranging in age from 5 to 65 years old. Police say the 30-year-old suspect has a
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significant history of interactions with police and doctors for mental health issues. Kai G. Adam
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Lowe was charged with eight counts of second-degree murder so far in a video appearance before a judge
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That all happened yesterday. He has yet to enter a plea, though. Police allege Lowe killed 11 people
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including a five-year-old, when he rammed a black Audi SUV through a massive crowd at the
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Lapu-Lapu Filipino Heritage Festival just after eight o'clock Saturday night. The actions of a single person shattered our collective sense of safety It is impossible to overstate how many lives have been impacted forever by this lone individual Families lost a sister a brother a mother
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a father, a son, or a daughter. Those families are living every family's nightmare
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Tens of thousands of people were in attendance. The event took place on school property in a
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secured area, but the SUV plowed down a closed street lined with food trucks. Witnesses describe
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hearing the driver slam on the gas, followed by a loud bang and then the sound of people screaming
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Just pushed the gas all the way through the whole block right there
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crashing into like everyone in his way. I turned around, I heard a big loud noise
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boom, boom, boom. It's like, it's like explosion. I thought it was, what is it, an explosion, LPG tank, whatever. The victims, including men, women
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and children were rushed to nine different hospitals. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
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saying on the eve of today's federal election that there is no active threat to any other
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Canadians. Dan and Tashani, back to you. Briella, thank you so much
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