Dayshawn Beckham has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Zenita Graham, which occurred in February 2020.
Beckham, 29, was found guilty of first-degree murder by Superior Court Judge David H. Strickland after exercising his right to a bench trial. The trial began on September 29, 2025, and concluded with the verdict today in Mecklenburg County.
On February 17, 2020, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers responded to a call outside a barber shop on Rozzelles Ferry Road. Zenita Graham, the caller, reported that she had been shot and identified her shooter as ‘Doug.’…