Man jailed in 2025 murder of ‘Wheels Up, Guns Down’ founder; Miami police say it was revenge killing

MIAMI — A little more than one year to the day after the shooting death of “Wheels Up, Guns Down” founder Dwight Wells, Miami police have taken the suspected gunman into custody.

Police arrested Jamar Lionel Jenkins, 39, of northwest Miami-Dade, on Wednesday in connection with the Oct. 10, 2025 murder of Wells, 40, outside of his restaurant in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.

Authorities said the killing was a case of revenge: Wells, police said, spent time in prison for killing Jenkins’ brother, Anthony Jenkins, in 2004 before becoming an anti-violence activist after his release…

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