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Author: Kathryn Blaze Baum, Mike Hager
Publication Date: May 2, 2025 - 19:55
After revelations about Vancouver attack suspect, B.C. mental-health supervision system faces renewed scrutiny
May 2, 2025
There were signs that Adam Lo’s mental condition was deteriorating.The Vancouver man accused of using his SUV to kill 11 people at a Filipino festival on April 26 contacted police the day before the attack, complaining of strange smells in his vehicle – one of more than 100 police interactions over the past two decades, most of them self-initiated and in the past few years, according to a source with knowledge of Mr. Lo’s contact with authorities.
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