2 indicted in 2024 shooting death of Memphis beauty supply store owner

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Two men are accused of opening fire outside a Memphis beauty supply store more than two years ago, fatally wounding the owner.

Deontrez Page, 29, and Argustas Travis, 30, are both charged with first-degree murder, being convicted felons in possession of a firearm, and employing firearms with the intent to commit a felony.

A grand jury indictment accuses them in connection with the shooting death of 46-year-old Khaled Eleiwa on April 20, 2024.

Investigators say Eleiwa was killed in a sea of bullets outside Royal Bee Beauty, his store on North Watkins Street, just before noon that Saturday.

Eleiwa was a husband and father of six who hailed from war-torn Gaza, according to the Memphis Muslim Chamber of Commerce, which was formed in response to Eleiwa’s murder and the slaying of another Muslim business owner months prior.

Memphis police said three suspects arrived at the beauty supply store in a stolen 2011 Toyota Sequoia, got out of the vehicle, opened fire, and then ran from the scene.

Eleiwa was dead by the time police and paramedics arrived.

Police released surveillance photos of the suspects ten days later, hoping the public could help identify them.

The community also offered up a $10,000 reward for information that could lead to an arrest.

Travis was officially booked at the Shelby County Jail on Thursday. Page has been behind bars since November 2025.

Both Travis and Page are being held behind bars on $1 million bonds each.

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