Quadruple amputee and cornhole pro accused of fatally shooting man while driving
A famous professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is behind bars after authorities say he shot a front-seat passenger Sunday night while driving in Maryland.
Dayton Webber, 27, was behind the wheel when he opened fire on Bradrick Michael Wells during an argument while they were traveling in a car in the city of La Plata, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Webber, who lives in La Plata, stopped and asked the backseat passengers to help get Wells out of the car, but they refused, alerted La Plata police and reported the shooting, the sheriff’s office said.
Two hours later, the body of Wells, 27, of Waldorf, Maryland, was found in a residential yard in Charlotte Hall, a community about 14 miles east of La Plata, the sheriff’s office said.
At that time, the sheriff’s office obtained an arrest warrant for Webber based on a murder allegation, he said.
The Charles County Public Defender’s Office, as well as an attorney who previously represented Webber in separate cases in which he pleaded guilty and received probation for driving on a suspended license and driving in violation of a restricted license, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The sheriff’s office said Webber was found after detectives followed his car to Charlottesville, Virginia. He said he was at a hospital seeking treatment for an unspecified medical issue and was arrested by Albemarle County Police Department officers once he was released.
The police department said in a statement that officers began searching for Webber once they learned he was possibly headed toward their jurisdiction in Virginia.
An Albemarle County officer checked security video from an area gas station, recognized a suspect and found Webber nearby, police said. He was taken into custody without incident, the press release said.
Webber is awaiting extradition to Maryland, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said, where he will be charged with first- and second-degree murder and related charges.
Webber competes in the American Cornhole League, which called the matter “an extremely serious matter.”
“Our hearts go out to everyone affected, including the family and loved ones of Bradrick Michael Wells,” the league said in a statement.
He added that he would not make further comments at this time and would provide updates “if and when it is appropriate to do so.”
Webber’s YouTube channel, verified by NBC News, features videos of him shooting guns. The video titles include the words “No shooting with hands, no feet.”
In a 2023 essay for TODAY.com, Webber said his arms and legs were amputated to save his life from a serious blood infection due to strep pneumonia when he was 10 months old. He said doctors gave him a 3 percent chance of surviving.
That year, the American Cornhole League called Webber “unstoppable” in a video about him. “He is a shining example of our slogan: everyone can play, everyone can win,” we read.
Growing up as a quadruple amputee forced Webber to learn to overcome his limitations and thrive, and he eventually taught himself how to write, go karting and compete in cornhole, he wrote.
Webber said Cornhole taught him to embrace the challenges that presented themselves each day.
