Cornhole Player With No Arms or Legs Charged With Murder

Dayton Webber, a 27-year-old professional cornhole player with no arms or legs, was charged with first-degree murder in March 2026 after allegedly shooting his longtime friend Bradrick Michael Wells inside a car in southern Maryland. A Charles County grand jury indicted Webber the following month on murder and firearms counts that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison, and he is being held without bond at the Charles County Detention Center.¹

What Happened the Night of the Shooting

On the night of March 22, 2026, Webber was driving his Tesla Model X on Radio Station Road in La Plata, Maryland. Wells, 27, was in the front passenger seat. Two other men rode in the back: Gary Gray, 28, and a 21-year-old co-worker of Gray’s who had just finished a shift together at the All American Steakhouse in Waldorf.²

Webber and Wells had known each other for roughly a decade, having grown up riding dirt bikes together at a local motocross track. Inside the car, the two began arguing. Prosecutors say the dispute centered on Wells continuing to be friends with someone Webber believed had stolen firearms from his home. Gray later described the topic as “high school BS,” and the other backseat passenger told reporters the argument was fueled by Webber’s “paranoia” that people were stealing his property.³

According to charging documents, Webber pulled out a P365 Sig Sauer pistol and shot Wells twice in the head.⁴ Gray reported seeing a flash and feeling heat as the passenger window shattered, spraying glass into the backseat. Webber pulled over and asked the two backseat passengers to help remove Wells’ body from the vehicle. They refused, got out, and flagged down La Plata police officers just before 10:30 p.m.⁵

Webber drove away with Wells still inside. Shortly after midnight, a resident in the 10000 block of Newport Church Road in Charlotte Hall, roughly ten miles from the shooting scene, found Wells’ body in their yard. He was pronounced dead there.⁶ Webber continued south into Virginia. Authorities later found his Tesla and a handgun at a gas station near Charlottesville and located Webber at a Charlottesville hospital, where he was seeking treatment for what his attorneys described as a panic attack. Albemarle County police took him into custody on a fugitive charge, and he was extradited to Charles County.⁷

The Charges

On April 10, 2026, a Charles County grand jury returned an indictment moving the case to the Charles County Circuit Court.⁸ The counts are:

First-degree murder, carrying a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and firearm during the commission of a violent crime, up to 20 years, with the first five years without the possibility of parole.
Two counts of reckless endangerment, stemming from the two backseat passengers’ presence during the shooting, up to five years each.
Two counts of possessing a loaded handgun in a vehicle, up to five years each.

Judge Patrick Divine denied bond at Webber’s first court appearance on April 1, 2026, after prosecutors argued he was both a danger to the community and a flight risk.⁹ A preliminary hearing scheduled for May 6 was canceled once the grand jury indicted. Deputy State’s Attorney Karen Piper Mitchell, the lead prosecutor, said she expected a lengthy jury selection process given the case’s public profile.¹⁰

Self-Defense Claim Against the Prosecution’s Case

Webber’s attorneys, Andrew Jezic and Hammad Matin, have argued from the start that the shooting was justified. Jezic said Webber “was 100% justified in defending his life from an immediate lethal threat” and was “terrified of being killed.”¹¹ Matin called it a “clear-cut” case of self-defense and told the court that Webber “had to kill or be killed.”⁹

The defense says the shooting grew out of a “long-running dispute” over a gun Webber accused Wells of stealing, alleges Wells had a “history of violence” and had previously threatened Webber, and notes that Webber is a legal gun owner with a concealed carry permit.¹² The defense also denied that Webber asked the backseat passengers to help move the body.

Prosecutors have rejected the self-defense framing. Mitchell told the court the shooting was driven by anger, not fear, and pointed to a 2024 incident in which Webber allegedly ordered Wells off his property and fired a gunshot in his direction. The defense acknowledged that incident but said Webber had fired only a warning shot into the air.⁹ The state says it has found “no evidence of self-defense” and plans to introduce videos of Webber firing weapons at trial to show his proficiency with firearms.⁸ Investigators also obtained a search warrant for the Tesla’s thumb drive, which may contain exterior camera footage. It has not been publicly disclosed whether the cameras captured any of the incident.¹³

Who Dayton Webber Is

Webber was born in June 1998 in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. At ten months old, he contracted a severe streptococcus pneumoniae blood infection; doctors administered last rites and gave his parents a 3 percent chance he would survive.¹ He spent four months in the hospital, and surgeons amputated both arms and both legs to stop the infection from spreading.¹⁴

He taught himself to walk, write, drive a full-size vehicle, and fire handguns and a crossbow using his upper arms. In the 2021–2022 season, he joined the American Cornhole League as a professional, becoming the first quadruple amputee to do so. He competed without prosthetics, gripping the bags by their corners and moving around the arena on a hoverboard.¹⁵ He was last active on an ACL roster in late 2024 with the Kentucky Kernels, and his statistics no longer appeared on the ACL website by the time of his arrest.¹⁶ Webber also built a large social media following as a motivational figure, posting videos of himself shooting firearms and using a crossbow.¹⁷

The murder case is not his first contact with the criminal system. In October 2020, he was arrested in Mechanicsville, Maryland, after his pickup truck struck a Maryland State Police cruiser and crashed into a building. He was initially charged with DUI, negligent driving, reckless driving, and leaving the scene, and later pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license and driving in violation of a restricted license, receiving probation.¹⁸

Who Bradrick Wells Was

Wells was 27, lived in Waldorf, Maryland, and was a new father to a baby girl. His family described him as a “kind and genuine person” who brought “quiet strength,” and remembered him as a motocross and dirt bike enthusiast with a fondness for Ford and Chevy trucks.¹⁹

His mother, Anita Stewart Murchison, disputed the defense’s characterization of her son as violent, calling him “mild-mannered and shy.”⁹ Hannah Bentley, the mother of Wells’ daughter, said he would not have harmed anyone unless defending himself.¹² The family has since launched the Brad Foundation, a nonprofit focused on gun violence awareness and mental health support for families coping with trauma.¹⁹

Where the Case Stands

Webber remains held without bond in the Charles County Detention Center. No trial date has been set. The American Cornhole League called the matter “an extremely serious matter” and said it would not comment further while proceedings continue; the league did not announce a formal suspension, noting Webber had not been an active participant since late 2024.²⁰

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