Eleven folks had been killed within the April 26, 2025, assault on the Lapu-Lapu Day pageant in East Vancouver, with dozens extra injured.
Adam Kai-Ji Lo has been charged with 11 counts of second-degree homicide and 31 counts of tried homicide, however has but to face trial.
These had been the 11 who had been killed:
JENDHEL SICO
Sico, 27, was described as “kind-hearted with a ravishing soul” in a fundraising web page organized by her sister, Maydhel Sico, on the GoFundMe platform.
It stated Jendhel Sico “lived her life to the fullest” and at all times had a smile on her face, bringing positivity to everybody she met.
Sico’s cousin, AJ Sico, was gravely injured within the assault.
NERISSA PAGKANLUNGAN
Pagkanlungan, 46, was a loving spouse and devoted sister who was cherished by many, in accordance with a fundraising web page.
Pagkanlungan additionally glided by the nickname Rizza. “To know Rizza was to actually love her. She was the sweetest soul, kind-hearted, humble, and hardworking individual,” the fundraising web page stated.
It stated she immigrated from the Philippines to Winnipeg along with her husband searching for a greater life earlier than transferring to Vancouver to be nearer to household.
MARIA VICTORIA BJARNASON
Bjarnason’s household stated she was visiting from the Philippines to see her sons when she was killed on the Lapu-Lapu Day pageant.
Rhona Doria, a member of Bjarnason’s prolonged household who spoke on behalf of them at a memorial mass final yr, stated family members again within the Philippines had been trying ahead to her return after they heard the information.
“They’re so misplaced they usually’re grieving,” Doria stated in an interview on the time.
Doria stated Bjarnason, 55, generally known as Vicky, was “the lifetime of the get together. She’s very bubbly. She’s a contented individual.”
Bjarnason’s stepson, Kristjan Bjarnason, stated Vicky’s son Helgi was holding his mom’s hand and tried to tug her out of the trail of the SUV that drove via the pageant crowd.
However each had been struck by the automobile, and Helgi Bjarnason suffered accidents together with a damaged leg, an internet fundraiser stated. It stated her youngsters, who dwell in British Columbia, had been struggling an “unimaginable loss” they usually “not have any mother and father of their lives.”
JENIFER DARBELLAY
Darbellay, 50, was an artist and mom of two youngsters, aged seven and 15 on the time of the assault. Her husband, Noel Johansen, described Darbellay as selfless, inventive and empathetic.
Johansen stated he was searching for dessert on the pageant when the SUV drove via the group. He likened the crash to a “tidal wave.”
“It hit us earlier than we knew. I used to be falling in sluggish movement attempting to avoid wasting my head from smashing within the pavement,” Johansen stated.
Darbellay was killed, whereas the remainder of the household survived.
Johansen stated that the day earlier than, the couple was speaking about politics and conditions wherein folks search revenge towards the one that harm them. He stated she informed him, “We have to forgive the perpetrators of the crimes which can be dedicated towards us.”
Johansen stated he’s now attempting to honour that philosophy.
DANIEL SAMPER, GLITZA MARIA CAICEDO AND THEIR DAUGHTER GLITZA DANIELA SAMPER
Daniel Samper, 65, his spouse Glitza Maria Caicedo, 60, and their daughter Glitza Daniela Samper, 30, had immigrated together with their son, Alejandro, from Colombia to Vancouver within the early 2000s to begin a brand new life.
Alejandro Samper stated his household was his complete world, and his mother and father sacrificed all the things to maneuver them to Canada, partially to flee violence of their native Colombia.
Samper stated his mother and father had been the “nicest folks” who helped many others, and the household was “very, very shut.”
Paola Murillo, govt director of group group Latincouver, a gaggle that helps Latin Individuals make B.C. their dwelling, can be from Colombia and stated there have been few Colombians residing in Vancouver when Glitza Maria Caicedo — generally known as Bachita — volunteered with the group in 2013 and 2015.
“She was at all times with that massive smile and giving, at all times coming to the pageant even when they weren’t volunteers,” Murillo stated final yr.
“If I take into consideration Glitza once I noticed her, she at all times had this stunning huge smile, caring about animals, caring about folks.”
RICHARD LE, LINH HOANG AND THEIR DAUGHTER KATIE LE
Richard Le, 47, was a Realtor who had been attending the Lapu-Lapu Day pageant along with his spouse and daughter.
Toan Le stated his older brother was at all times there when he wanted assist. “I bear in mind once I was a child, I used to be bullied, and he stepped in, and he ended up getting beat up,” Le stated in an interview final yr.
An announcement from Royal Pacific Realty on the time stated Richard Le had been with the corporate for greater than 15 years, and he was additionally a “passionate badminton and tennis coach” who spent numerous hours mentoring younger folks.
David Choi, president of Royal Pacific Realty, stated “Richard’s legacy of kindness, mentorship, {and professional} excellence will dwell on within the many lives he touched.”
Toan Le stated Linh Hoang, 30, was a stunning individual and “a devoted mom” to Katie and 16-year-old stepson Andy, who didn’t attend the pageant and as an alternative stayed dwelling to complete his homework.
5-year-old Katie Le “was tremendous energetic,” Le stated. “She had a really lovable persona, and she or he actually cherished simply being round folks.’
Andy Le stated in a video final yr that he was donating half of the greater than $500,000 that was raised in his household’s identify after the assault, saying he “is aware of that different households are hurting too.”
KIRA SALIM
Kira Salim, 34, was a teacher-counsellor at Fraser River Center Faculty and New Westminster Secondary Faculty. An announcement from the superintendent of the varsity district stated Salim’s knowledge and care for college students had a strong affect.
“Their work, and the good spirit they delivered to it, modified lives,” final yr’s assertion stated of Salim.
LGBTQ+ advocacy group New West Satisfaction posted a tribute, saying Salim was “an epic drag king, a beautiful exuberant contributor to our local people, volunteer, activist, native educator, mental-health employee.”
The Faculty of Music on the College of B.C. stated in a press release on Fb that Salim labored on the college’s entrance desk in 2023. They had been a “much-loved member of our group,” the publish stated, noting their roles as an activist and educator.
Murillo stated Salim, initially from Brazil, volunteered with Latincouver for the 2022 Latin American Heritage Month celebration and was answerable for the artwork part.
Murillo stated Salim’s demise together with the Samper household has shaken Vancouver’s Latin American group to the core.
“For us, it was a kind of moments that we stated, ‘Why?’ (They had been) any person who has this open coronary heart to assist, to offer.”
With recordsdata from The Related Press