A Shelby County grand jury has indicted two men on first-degree murder charges in the 2024 shooting death of Khaled Eleiwa, the 46-year-old owner of Royal Bee Beauty supply store in Frayser. Deontrez Page, 29, and Argustas Travis, 30, each face charges of first-degree murder, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and employing a firearm with intent to commit a felony, per the indictment.
According to Action News 5, the grand jury indictment accuses Page and Travis in Eleiwa's shooting death outside the store on North Watkins Street. Investigators said Eleiwa was killed in a hail of bullets just before noon, and he died before police and paramedics could arrive, the station reports. Memphis police said three suspects arrived at the store in a stolen 2011 Toyota Sequoia, got out of the vehicle, opened fire, and ran from the scene.
Conflicting Accounts of the Shooting's Timeline
Reports on the exact date of the shooting differ. The station's report places the shooting on April 20, 2024, while an earlier Action News 5 report on the case stated the shooting happened just before noon on April 19. FOX13 Memphis reported that the victim died on April 20, 2024, after being shot outside Royal Bee Beauty Supply. News outlets have also used two different names for the victim: Action News 5 identified him as Khaled Eleiwa, while FOX13 reported that CrimeStoppers used that same name even as the man's family had previously told the station his name was Khalid Al Ghazali.
In the days after the shooting, Memphis police released surveillance photos of three men accused in the killing, per the earlier Action News 5 report, which also described the suspects' vehicle as a maroon 2011 Toyota Sequoia with temporary tags. Friends of the beauty supply store raised $6,000 toward a reward, which combined with $4,000 normally paid by CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County brought the total reward for information leading to an arrest to $10,000, FOX13 reported.
Custody Status and Charges
Argustas Travis was booked at the Shelby County Jail and is held on $1 million bond, according to the station's report. Deontrez Page has been behind bars since November 2025 and is also held on $1 million bond, per the same account.
Community Response and Broader Concerns
The Memphis Muslim Chamber of Commerce described Eleiwa as a husband and father of six who hailed from Gaza, according to the station's report. The organization said it was formed in response to Eleiwa's murder and the slaying of another Muslim business owner months earlier.
That earlier killing was the February shooting death of Fares Shihab, which a group of Muslim business owners said made Eleiwa's death the second killing of a Muslim business owner in Memphis within two months, according to WREG. WREG reported that Muslim business leaders announced the formation of the Memphis Muslim Chamber of Commerce to work on business safety, with fellow Muslim business owners in the city joining together for protection following the killings.
