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03/24 13:44 CDT Quadruple amputee cornhole player fatally shoots man, Maryland
authorities say
Quadruple amputee cornhole player fatally shoots man, Maryland authorities say
By AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
A professional cornhole player who's also a quadruple amputee has been accused
of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving
during an argument, Maryland authorities say.
Dayton James Webber, 27, was featured by ESPN in 2023 in a story of
inspiration, noting he rode dirt bikes, wrestled and played football before
becoming a professional cornhole player. In the same year, he wrote an essay
for the Today show about how he became a professional competitor.
On Sunday night, he was arrested and charged as a fugitive from justice by
police in Albemarle County, Virginia, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said
in a statement.
Charles County is seeking his extradition from Virginia and said he will be
charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and related charges.
Webber didn't immediately return a message seeking comment sent to an email
address listed for him.
In a 2023 essay for the "Today" show, Webber said doctors amputated his arms
and legs when he was 10 months old to save his life after he contracted a
serious blood infection. His medical team gave him a 3% chance of surviving, he
wrote.
Webber went on to become a professional player of cornhole, which players throw
bean bags through a hole in a slanted wooden board to score points. In the
essay for the Today show, he said he learned to grab the bean bag by the
corners and throw it using his amputated arms.
Webber pulled over after the shooting in La Plata, Maryland, and asked two
passengers in the back of the car to help pull the victim out, the Charles
County Sheriff's Office said. The witnesses refused, got out of the car and
flagged down police officers.
Webber fled with the victim still in the car, the sheriff's office said. Two
hours later, a resident in Charlotte Hall, about a 10-mile (16-kilometer) drive
away, reported a body in a yard. Officers found the victim, Bradrick Michael
Wells, 27, of Waldorf, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The American Cornhole League posted a statement on its Facebook page saying it
is aware of allegations involving Webber but said it would not comment on what
it called "an active legal situation" while proceedings were ongoing.
