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By The Canadian Press

Legal arguments heard in fitness hearing for Vancouver festival attack suspect

Aug 22, 2025 | 12:20 PM

VANCOUVER — Defence and Crown lawyers have concluded their legal arguments in a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial.

Adam Kai-Ji Lo faces 11 counts of second-degree murder and is accused of driving an SUV through a crowded street on April 26.

Lo, 30, appeared by video Friday in provincial court in Vancouver wearing a dark blue sweatsuit.

The legal arguments from defence lawyer Mark Swartz and Crown prosecutor Michaela Donnelly came after two forensic psychiatrists were called as expert witnesses in the fitness hearing.

Dr. Robert Lacroix and Dr. Rakesh Lamba testified over two days last month, but a publication ban prevents evidence at the hearing from being reported.

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A media consortium that includes The Canadian Press is challenging the publication ban, with rulings on both that application and the fitness hearing scheduled for Sept. 10.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 22, 2025.

Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press

by The Canadian Press

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