A quadruple amputee professional cornhole player is accused of murder after fatally shooting a man in his Tesla during an argument. Dayton Webber, 27, appeared in Charles County District Court via videoconference for a bail review on Wednesday, where Judge Patrick Devine ordered him to remain jailed without bail.
Webber is charged with murder, assault, and firearm offences after the 22 March shooting of 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells. He was extradited from Virginia and has not yet entered a plea. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 6 May.
Defence attorney Andrew Jezic told the court that Webber acted in self-defence, saying his client was 'terrified' at the time of the killing. 'The truth here is that [Webber] would have been a murder victim if he had not acted immediately in defence of his life,' Jezic said.
According to police charging documents, Webber shot Wells twice in the head during an argument. Deputy state’s attorney Karen Piper Mitchell said witnesses reported the argument was over a gun that a friend of Wells had stolen from Webber. She also noted a 2024 incident in which Webber fired a shot from a second-floor window as Wells left his home; Jezic said Webber fired into the air.
After the shooting, Webber pulled over in La Plata, Maryland, and asked two backseat passengers to help remove the victim, but they refused and flagged down police. Webber fled with Wells still in the car, and his body was later found in a yard in Charlotte Hall, about 10 miles away. Detectives tracked Webber to a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was seeking treatment for a medical issue.
Webber, whose arms and legs were partly amputated at 10 months old due to a serious blood infection, was featured by ESPN in 2023 as an inspirational story. He also wrote an essay for the Today show about becoming a professional cornhole player, describing how he learned to throw the bean bag using his arms.
