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Accused in Vancouver festival vehicle attack was under mental-health supervision, source says
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - APRIL 28: People visit the makeshift memorial near the scene where a car drove into a crowd during the Lapu Lapu Festival on April 28, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Police detained a 30-year-old man after he drove his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival on April 26, killing at least eleven people and injuring multiple others. (Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images)
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Richard Le, his wife Linh Hoang and five-year-old Katie Le, shown in a handout photo, were killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival Saturday night. The family leaves behind their 16-year-old son, Andy.
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