A Miami man faces a murder charge more than a year after authorities say he fatally shot a restaurant owner who had been convicted of killing his brother in 2004. Investigators suspect the shooting may have been retaliation for the decades-old killing.
Jamar Lionel Jenkins, 39, was arrested on October 14 in connection with the October 10, 2025, death of Dwight Wells, 40. According to , Jenkins faces a second-degree murder charge after a masked gunman approached Wells while he played dominoes outside his Liberty City restaurant and opened fire.
Wells, who founded the anti-violence movement Wheels Up, Guns Down, died at a nearby hospital. Detectives spent the following year investigating the shooting before identifying Jenkins as a suspect. Evidence from an earlier firearms case became an important part of their investigation.
Jenkins’ account of that night didn’t match the evidence
Jenkins told detectives he was home asleep on the night of the shooting. He said he had the day off and maintained that nobody else had used his white Mercedes-Benz. However, investigators reportedly found surveillance footage contradicting his account, showing a similar vehicle near Wells’ restaurant that evening…