Quadruple amputee and cornhole pro accused of fatally shooting man while driving


A noted professional cornhole player who is a quadruple amputee is behind bars after allegedly shooting and killing a front seat passenger while he was driving in Maryland on Sunday.

Dayton Webber, 27, was behind the wheel when he opened fire on Bradrick Michael Wells during an argument as they were traveling in a car in the town of La Plata, Maryland, Sunday night, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Webber, who lives in La Plata, pulled over and asked the backseat passengers to help pull Wells out of the car, but they refused, flagged down La Plata police and reported the shooting, the sheriff’s office said.

Two hours later, the body of 27-year-old Wells, 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 point, the sheriff’s office obtained an arrest warrant for Webber based on an allegation of murder, it said.

The Charles County public defender’s office, as well as a lawyer who previously represented Webber in separate cases in which he pleaded guilty and got probation for driving on a suspended license and driving in violation of a restricted license, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The sheriff’s office said Webber was found after detectives tracked his car to Charlottesville, Virginia. It said he was at a hospital seeking treatment for an unspecified medical issue and was arrested by officers from the Albemarle County Police Department once he was released.

The police department said in a statement that officers started looking for Webber once they learned he might be driving toward their jurisdiction in Virginia.

An Albemarle County officer checked security video footage from an area gas station, recognized a suspect and found Webber nearby, the police department said. He was taken into custody without incident.

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.

Dayton Webber, 11, leads Team Rampage in their stretching routine.
Dayton Webber, 11, at the Unique Sports Academy in Waldorf, Md., in 2010.Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

Webber competes in the American Cornhole League, which called the case “an extremely serious matter.”

“This is an extremely serious matter, and our thoughts are with all those impacted, including the family and loved ones of Bradrick Michael Wells,” the league said in a statement.

It added that it will not comment further for the time-being and will provide updates “if and when it is appropriate to do so.”

Webber’s YouTube channel, verified by NBC News, features videos of him shooting firearms. The titles for the videos include the words, “No hands no feet shooting.”

In a 2023 essay for TODAY.com, Webber said his arms and legs were amputated to save his life from a serious streptococcus pneumonia blood infection when he was 10 months old. He said doctors gave him a 3% chance of surviving.

That year, the American Cornhole League called Webber “unstoppable” in a video about him. “He’s a shining example of our slogan — anyone can play, anyone can win,” it said.

Growing up as a quadruple amputee forced Webber to learn to overcome limitations and thrive, and he eventually taught himself how to write, race go-karts, and compete in cornhole, he wrote.

Webber said cornhole taught him to take challenges as they come each day.



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