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A quadruple amputee who thrived as a professional cornhole player and posted videos of himself firing off a handgun is accused of fatally shooting an acquaintance following an argument — and driving off with his body.
Dayton James Webber, 27, was driving three pals in his Tesla SUV during a late-night joyride in Maryland Sunday when he got into a heated argument with his front passenger. The argument turned violent and he allegedly shot and killed Bradrick Michael Wells, who was sitting shotgun, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office.
The two other horrified passengers in the backseat scrambled out of the car when Webber pulled over.
Webber asked them to help drag Wells out of the car. When they refused, Webber ditched them on the side of a road in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, police said.
Wells’ body was still in the car at the time.
Two hours later, a person reported finding a body in a yard on Newport Church Road in Charlotte Hall. There, officers found Wells and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Webber’s Tesla, meanwhile, was tracked down to Charlottesville, Virginia — more than 100 miles away from Charlotte Hall. He was found at a nearby hospital seeking treatment for a “medical issue,” the sheriff’s office said.
Webber was arrested by officers with the Albemarle County Police Department after he was released from the hospital Monday. He was charged as a fugitive from justice and is awaiting extradition back to Maryland, where he will face additional charges for first and second-degree murder.
The alleged gunman made a name for himself as a professional cornhole player in the American Cornhole League despite being an amputee.
He lost his lower arms and legs to a bacterial infection when he was just 10 months old, according to a 2023 ESPN profile.
Webber refused to be deterred by his disability and pursued wrestling when he was in middle school. He learned to walk by scooting around on his leg stumps, according to a separate ESPN report.
“I like using my strength and being fit. And I don’t have to rely on other people to do stuff for me like you do in football. Sometimes when I watch my teammates in certain situations I wish I had hands, but I just try to do things my own way,” 12-year-old Webber told the outlet.
At the time, Webber said he either wanted to be a priest or a Secret Service agent when he grew up.
While Webber appeared to abandon his pious aspirations by adulthood, he remained fascinated by law enforcement and learned how to use firearms.
In a video published on Webber’s YouTube channel, he loaded a 9mm handgun and fired until the clip was empty. The grass around him appeared to be littered with shotgun shell casings.
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