A noted professional cornhole player who is a quadruple amputee is behind bars after authorities said he shot and killed a front seat passenger Sunday night while he was driving in Maryland.
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, 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 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 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 requests 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 of 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 from an area gas station, recognized a suspect and found Webber nearby, the police department said. He was taken into custody without incident, it 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 case “an extremely serious matter.”
“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.
