A verbal dispute in the rural outskirts of Pineville, Louisiana on December 8, 2019 ended in gunfire and the death of 56-year-old Steven Wayne Saucier, a white male. Authorities say the argument between Saucier and 25-year-old Kyle Lucien Ryland escalated into a fatal shooting. Ryland was identified by the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office as the primary suspect, arrested, and charged with second-degree murder.

A grand jury indicted Kyle Ryland on that charge. The prosecution and defense later took the case to trial, and a jury convicted Ryland of the lesser offense of manslaughter. Ryland was sentenced to 25 years in prison for Saucier’s death. Few public details have been released about what sparked the fatal dispute.

Did anyone in Pineville know either man or witness the events that night and have information to add?