toss champion Dayton Webber accused in fatal shooting
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Dayton Webber, a 27-year-old quadruple amputee and professional athlete, has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting Bradrick Wells, 27, during an argument in La Plata, Maryland.
- Webber reportedly opened fire while driving, then attempted to involve other passengers in disposing of the victim's body, but they refused and fled.
- Police were alerted by witnesses and later discovered Wells' body in a yard about 20 miles from the shooting scene; Webber was arrested hours later in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Webber is notable for being the first quadruple amputee to compete in the American Cornhole League, a game involving tossing bean bags into a hole on a board.
- Webber had his limbs amputated in infancy due to a blood infection, surviving against medical odds, as he detailed in a 2023 essay.
