10 things about Vancouver, Canada’s Kai-Ji Adam Lo

Kai-Ji Adam Lo is from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The city was named after George Vancouver, a Royal Navy officer and explorer born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

#BREAKING. Search warrant executed by ⁦@VancouverPD⁩ at East Van home of Kai-Ji Adam Lo, charged with 8 counts of second-degree murder following horrific incident at Lapu Lapu Day festival. ⁦@GlobalBC⁩ ⁦@jarmstrongbc⁩ ⁦@smacdonald__⁩ ⁦@EmilyLazatin⁩ pic.twitter.com/48w7J80xCA

— Catherine Urquhart 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@CUrquhartGlobal) April 28, 2025

BIOGRAPHY

Lo is a Taiwanese-Canadian man based in Victoria-Fraserview, Vancouver. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He is Lisa Lo‘s son and Alexander Lo‘s brother.
2. He spent his childhood in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
3. When he was a teenager, he moved from Kaohsiung to Vancouver with his brother and their parents.
4. Shortly after arriving in Vancouver, his father died of an illness.
5. He attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Business in Vancouver.
6. His brother Alexander worked in Cirque du Soleil, an entertainment company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 
7. He was 2 years younger than Alexander.
8. He was born in 1994.
9. He is 10 years younger than Dwight William Kematch, who is accused of killing Alexander in 2024.
10. In 2025, he was arrested for the deaths of 11 people and injuries of dozens more in Vancouver.

TIMELINE

Alexander was the victim of the first homicide in Vancouver in 2024. After his death, health care professionals and police officers in the city started having interactions with Kai-Ji.

2024

• On January 28, 2024, his brother Alexander was found dead on the floor of a residence on Henry Street near Knight Street and East 33rd Avenue in Vancouver and Kematch was arrested at the scene.
• On January 29, 2024, Kematch was charged with second-degree homicide for the death of his brother Alexander. 
• In August 2024, his mother tried to take her own life and spent weeks in the hospital.

2025

• On April 26, 2025, a family member who contacted a hospital psych ward reported that he was suffering from delusions and paranoia. Later that day, he drove a black Audi Q7 into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day festival outside John Oliver Secondary School in Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more. He was arrested at the scene. 
• On April 27, 2025, he was charged with eight counts of second-degree murder.