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VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police have confirmed that the suspect in Saturday’s deadly ramming attack that killed 11 people in the city is the brother of a man who was murdered in an unrelated killing last year.
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Thirty-year-old Adam Kai-Ji Lo — who has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder with more charges anticipated _ is the brother of Alexander Lo, who was killed in January last year in Vancouver.
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A fundraiser was set up by Adam Lo for his brother’s funeral expenses but it has since been removed from the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform.
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Adam Lo wrote that his brother had been killed in a “senseless act of violence” and that despite their “disagreements,” the death had hit him with “overwhelming force.”
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A second request for funding was set up by Adam Lo in September 2024 where he said his mother tried to take her own life after his brother’s murder.
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Dwight Kematch was arrested at the home where Alexander Lo’s body was found, and he was charged with second-degree murder in November but the case is the subject of a publication ban.
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“I’m burdened with remorse for not spending more time with him,” Adam Lo wrote in the online crowdfunding pitch to cover his brother’s funeral expenses.
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“I can’t disclose all the details, but the painful reality is that he won’t be returning, leaving my mother with an indescribable sorrow for a son she brought into this world, only to see him depart so suddenly,” it said.
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The later fundraising page for his mother said she had “immense bills to pay and has struggled for a long time due to high interest rates,” while also having difficulty finding work.
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Adam Lo said he found her unconscious in her bed and she was taken to hospital.
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“I feared I had lost the only family member I have left,” Lo wrote. “Her suspected overdose came as a shock, but I knew she was grieving the loss of my brother and struggling immensely with her finances.”
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Lo said he was seeking donations because he could “only feel confident in her well-being if she is confident in her ability to pay her bills and, ultimately, keep her home.”
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Kematch has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer did not return a message seeking comment.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 28, 2024.
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