Murder charge filed in Columbia apartment shooting; cops find PCP, cocaine

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Police say PCP was present in the apartment where a man was fatally shot Saturday night in a senior apartment complex in central Columbia.

Officers also found cocaine in the shooting suspect's apartment, according to court documents.

Michael D. Graham, 66, was charged with second-degree murder, illegal gun possession, armed criminal action, evidence tampering and two counts of drug possession. He remained in the Boone County Jail on Monday on no bond.

Police found a man who had been shot in the chest on Saturday in a bedroom of apartment 212 at Oak Towers. The victim, Vasshon Haywood, 48, died at a hospital. Officers found and detained Graham in the Oak Towers lobby.

A witness identified Graham as the shooter, according to a probable cause statement. The witness told police that an argument had preceded the shooting.

Police found the PCP in vials in the apartment where Haywood had been shot after the man who lives there gave them to officers, the statement says. They also found shell casings and a revolver.

The probable cause statement says Graham took evidence from the crime scene to his apartment, where the cocaine was found.