Jamar Lionel Jenkins was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with second-degree murder in the Oct. 10, 2025, killing, according to an arrest report. He was being held without bond Thursday, jail records showed. The charge is an allegation, and the arrest does not establish guilt.

Wells, 40, was shot outside Winning and Won Turkey Legs, his restaurant on Northwest 17th Avenue. An arrest report says he was playing dominoes when a masked gunman approached and fired several times. Investigators recovered five shell casings, which an arrest warrant says were linked to a separate North Miami homicide investigation that led to Jenkins and his brother being arrested for unlawful discharge of a firearm.

The warrant says investigators learned Wells had been convicted in the 2004 killing of Jenkins’ brother, Anthony Jenkins. A family member told investigators that Jenkins remained angry with Wells over the killing, according to the warrant. When detectives interviewed Jenkins in February, he denied knowing Wells had been convicted in his brother’s death, the warrant says.

Wells served a 10-year prison sentence in that case and was released Oct. 1, 2013, records show.

Known as “Screamer,” Wells was remembered by relatives and Miami Police Chief Edwin Lopez as a community advocate who worked with young people and sought to reduce violence. His aunt said he started the Bikes Up, Guns Down movement.

The arrest brought relief to Wells’ mother, Mary Brown. “We got the victory, Screamer got justice!” she said Thursday. Brown said she felt renewed after the arrest and that the family plans to hold events honoring her son and hopes to reopen the restaurant.

Lopez said Wells’ killing affected the wider community because of his efforts to work with law enforcement and reduce violence.