Police had contact with the suspect a day before he got behind the wheel of an SUV and drove it into the crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people, authorities said Monday.

A suspect has been charged with multiple counts of murder and police continued their investigation Monday after 11 people were killed when an SUV plowed through a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A 30-year-old man was charged with multiple counts of murder on allegations he killed 11 people when he rammed a crowd of people at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, as hundreds attended vigils across the city for the victims and the Canadian prime minister visited the site on the eve of a federal election.