Henry Nicholas, known as Lil Fin, was an 18-year-old African American male who was shot and killed on December 9, 2008, in the Old South neighborhood of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. According to reports, an argument between Nicholas and a man named Donald Wayne Elely escalated when Nicholas began shooting as Elely tried to walk away. Elely ran behind a house on Tennessee Street where other armed individuals were present; when Nicholas followed, he was shot and killed.

The Baton Rouge Police Department investigated and ruled the shooting an act of self-defense, and Elely was not charged in connection with Nicholas’s death. Nicholas’s death remained a notable event in the city’s violent gang context and continued to be remembered in the community. If anyone has information about the December 2008 shooting or knew Nicholas, please share what you know.