I’ve been to Lille a few times as the Eurostar Chunnel Train stops there on the way from London to Brussels. Never appeared to be a bad place. This is apparently a drug related gang issue.
Per the SUN:
DRIVE-BY HORROR Terror in Lille as hooded ‘gangster’ shoots three people outside Metro station ‘in revenge attack’
At least three people were injured in the attack including a 14-year-old boy
Although anti-terrorist police were called to the scene, there were later reports the shooting was a ‘revenge attack’.
“A car pulled up outside the station and targeted the three youths,” said a police source.
“It appears this was a settling of scores.”
Police sources say a car pulled up outside the station and targeted the three youths.
The shooting was thought to be related to the drugs trade in Lille, and was carried out by ‘a hooded man’, said the police source.
Appreciated the background. It did sound like they might have mistaken Lille for Chicago... (LOL)