The driver who allegedly plowed his SUV into a Vancouver Filipino festival on Saturday, killing at least nine, was held by bystanders before police arrived – and was “known” to law enforcement, officials said.
The 30-year-old man, who has not yet been publicly identified, apologized to festivalgoers as he was detained by the crowd until police arrived to arrest him, according to the Vancouver Sun.
He is accused of barrelling his black SUV through the crowd at the Lapu-Lapu Day block party as the celebration was wrapping up around 8 p.m. local time.
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Vancouver police inspect the black car believed to have plowed into a crowd at the end of the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver, Canada on April 26, 2025. AP
“The suspect was
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