A person was taken into custody after the shooting death of a 22-year-old man on Saturday evening in Wasquehal (Nord), a police source told
Le Figaro
, confirming information from
La Voix du Nord
.
The man "
was shot dead around 10 p.m. on avenue du Grand Cottignies in Wasquehal
", on the outskirts of this city in the Lille metropolitan area, the prosecution told AFP, adding that an investigation had been "
immediately opened to murder
”.
The victim "
unfavorably known to the police
"
The man was injured "
by a bullet in the back and in the head
" and died at the scene "
despite the care
" provided by the emergency services, a police source told AFP.
The victim is "
unfavorably known to the police
", she added.
According to this source, "
witnesses mentioned two individuals who allegedly fled on foot
", one was arrested, but the other "
was not found
".
“
A 26-year-old person was arrested and taken into custody
,” confirmed the prosecution.
