Miami police arrested Jamar Lionel Jenkins on a second-degree murder charge in the 2025 killing of anti-gun activist Dwight Wells.

An arrest and a second-degree murder charge are accusations. They are not a conviction. Miami police said call records, a search of Jenkins's car and home, iCloud records, and ballistic links helped identify him. Reporting also said Wells was convicted in the 2004 murder of Jenkins's brother, and that investigators suspect a revenge motive. Those are police allegations and historical court records. A jury has not decided this case.

CBS Miami, NBC 6, WSVN, and Local 10 reported that Miami police on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, announced the arrest of Jamar Lionel Jenkins, 39, on a second-degree murder charge with a weapon in the Oct. 10, 2025 shooting death of Dwight C. Wells. Wells, 40, founded the anti-gun-violence initiative known as "Wheels Up, Guns Down" and was shot outside his Liberty City restaurant, Winning and Won Turkey Legs, on Northwest 17th Avenue. An arrest is the start of a custody case. It is not a finding that Jenkins killed Wells.

Police said Wells was playing dominoes with others when a gunman in a dark mask, hoodie, and gloves walked up, shot him multiple times, and fled on foot. Five spent casings were recovered at the scene. Reporting said those casings were linked to a separate North Miami case that had already drawn investigators' attention to Jenkins. Miami Police Chief Edwin Lopez said detectives also used cellular and geolocation data, a search of Jenkins's car and home, and iCloud records.

NBC 6 and WSVN reported that Wells was convicted in the 2004 murder of Jenkins's brother, Anthony Jenkins, served a prison term, and was released in 2013. An arrest warrant account said a family member told investigators Jenkins remained upset over that killing, and that when detectives interviewed Jenkins in February he denied knowing Wells had been convicted in his brother's death. Those are allegations and background facts as reported. They are not a verdict in the Wells case.

WSVN reported that U.S. Marshals took Jenkins into custody days before the Thursday bond-court appearance, and that a judge ordered him held without bond. Wells's mother, Mary Brown, publicly thanked investigators after the arrest. The charge of second-degree murder with a weapon remains an accusation until a court enters a judgment. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.