The Vancouver Police Sunday stated the crazed driver who mowed down at the least 11 folks together with his black SUV and injured a number of others at a Lapu Lapu Day social gathering had an intensive psychological well being historical past. Interim police chief Steve Rai stated the 30-year-old man was identified to police underneath sure circumstances hinting at his previous run-ins with the regulation enforcement, and in addition an intensive historical past of interactions with psychological well being professionals, he stated, including that this was the darkest day within the metropolis’s historical past.
“There are lots of issues that we nonetheless do not know. However we’re searching for the solutions,” Rai stated.
The identification of the suspect has not but been revealed, although a purported video of the suspect surfaced on social media, which was believed to have been taken after the gang detained the person till the cops arrived. From the video, social media customers surmised that the suspect may be of Asian origin, however a resident of Vancouver. The motive remains to be not identified, although the cops confirmed that he acted alone and it was not a terrorist act.
“I’m unable to establish the individual as prices haven’t but been laid,” the police stated.
Lapu Lapu Day is known as after an Indigenous resistance fighter within the Philippines who fought towards Spanish colonization within the sixteenth century. Saturday’s occasion was the second annual road celebration of the day in Vancouver, and organizers had stated it was a possibility to mark “the enduring affect on Filipino values, notably the spirit of bayanihan — the collective neighborhood effort.”
The pageant was simply winding down when the SUV drove by means of the gang however there have been lots of people. The driving force was travelling eastbound on forty third Road earlier than the assault and the car was owned by any person related to that household.
No prior indication of risk stage
The actions related to the pageant have been being held on the grounds of a highschool, not accessible by street. The one street that “required partial closure” was behind the college for meals vehicles, police stated, and there have been “no boundaries” limiting entry for these vehicles. There was no indicator that wanted to answer a better risk stage, police stated.