Nyheim Pappillion, a 20-year-old from Lake Charles, Louisiana, was found with multiple injuries outside an apartment complex on the night of November 12, 2024. Responding officers provided life-saving aid, but his injuries proved fatal and the cause of death was determined to be gun violence.

Born February 16, 2004, in Houston, Texas, Nyheim graduated from LaGrange High School in 2023 and was known as Paw. Family remembered him for loving time with relatives, playing basketball, dancing, and a knack for making people laugh. The Lake Charles Police Department opened an investigation into the shooting; at the time of initial reports no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests announced.

If anyone knew Nyheim or has information about the shooting, authorities want to hear from you.