• "Nine people" were killed and injured in a "mass casualty" event at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday, April 26, according to local authorities
  • "A 30-year-old suspect, a Vancouver man, was arrested at the scene," the Vancouver Police Department confirmed in a statement
  • The investigation is ongoing

Vancouver Police have arrested a 30-year-old man at the scene of a crash that left nine people dead and "multiple others injured" on Saturday, April 26.

In a statement posted to X on Sunday, April. 27, the Vancouver Police Department said that "As of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last night’s Lapu Lapu Festival. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident."

This comes after authorities earlier stated on X that they were 'Investigating a mass casualty incident at a neighborhood block party" in South Vancouver after "a man drove into a large crowd of people attending the Lapu Lapu Day Festival" at approximately 8:14 p.m., near East 43rd Avenue and Fraser Street.

"A 30-year-old suspect, a Vancouver man, was arrested at the scene," the police statement added.

The investigation is ongoing and is being led the Vancouver Police Department’s Major Crime Section, the release continued.