A Maryland man who made history as the first quadruple amputee to compete in the professional televised American Cornhole League has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a passenger in his car during an argument.
Dayton Webber – who became a champion cornhole player after losing his limbs and nearly dying from a bacterial infection in his infancy – faces murder charges in connection with the death of Bradrick Wells, authorities said on Monday.
According to a statement from investigators with the sheriff’s office of Charles county in suburban Baltimore, Webber was driving his car with Wells as his front-seat passenger at about 10.25pm on Sunday when the pair began arguing in front of others who were in the vehicle.
Webber, 27, then allegedly shot Wells to death, pulled over in the community of La Plata, and asked the other passengers to help him remove the dead man from the car, the sheriff’s office said. The others refused, got out of the car and fled the scene while Webber drove away with the body of Wells, also 27, the agency added.
60 Comments
remon@ani.social · 113 pts · 139d
Impossible ... he was unarmed!
Ersatz86@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 139d
Heyoo! His defense was shaky; he didn’t have a leg to stand on and his legal team was stumped.
In any case, that may be a headline you never see again. I for one am proud to have been here to witness first-(second?) hand.
Thank you.
unnamed1@feddit.org · 12 pts · 139d
Jfc i love your endboss-level dad jokes
Ersatz86@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d
I like you too!
You are the lucky one. You only have to suffer my wit once, whereas my daughter may never recover from the incessant barrage of egregious puns.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 139d
Only unforearmed.
6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 139d
You’ve got to “hand” it to him. That was no easy “feat”.
Triumph@fedia.io · 39 pts · 139d
He was driving a car.
Stern@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 139d
He shot a man.
Triumph@fedia.io · 33 pts · 139d
While driving a car.
grue@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 139d
(It's actually horrible, but still...!)
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 139d
Kinda makes you examine what you're doing with your own life while having all your limbs.
tal@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 139d
A double-tap to the head while driving a car with no limbs.
I don't know what that guy does for work, but I bet that he's pretty good at it.
phx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
Next they'll just say he killed the guy with a fookin pencil
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 139d
Jury nullification. We’re appalled but also impressed so we’re sending you back out to see what other zany hi-jinks you can get up to.
randompasta@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 139d
A fire...at a Sea Parks.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
I would actually love to know more about the mechanics of all of this. Like how did he do all of this? What kind of prosthetics does he use? What kind of modifications did he make to his car to accommodate his abilities? Does he have some kind of custom gun grip to use a firearm at all?
inari@piefed.zip · 36 pts · 139d
... How?
Zagam@piefed.social · 20 pts · 139d
My guy didnt let adversity get in his way. This is the difference beween handicapped and handycapable.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 139d
RattlerSix@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d
He even shot him before pulling over. Being handi-capable isn't enough for him, he's multitasking handi-capable
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 139d
“Something I’ve been doing my whole life is overcoming things that people didn’t think I could,”
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 139d
He's differently abled NOT disabled!!
But for real he probably has more drive than move 4 limbed people. I mean he was driving when he shot the passenger. That has got to take extra care and dedication for someone without arms and legs.
grue@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 139d
Mad-libs headline
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 139d
Are mad-libs still a thing? I hope mad-libs are still a thing.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 139d
Have you read anything the president has written... clearly madlibs lives
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 139d
Sorry for asking but... How?!? Next to a modified car so he could drive, he also has a modified gun? A mounted gun on his bonnet/roof with a joystick for his mouth to operate? Or a shoulder mounted gun with a remote trigger at his toe? I can see creative youtubers build a weird device like this, but I doubt he has the ability to pull CAT, 3D printing, CNC and constructing something like this himself. And then it's also weird to walk around like robocop, and especially while driving. Is he gogo gadget?
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 139d
Does a quad amputee have toes?
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 138d
Oh shit, I thought he missed 3 limbs. I thought I read tripple, I misread quadruple. Daaaaayum
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 139d
I have sooo many questions:
So there are three guys with all their arms and legs, but they let the guy with NO arms and legs drive the car?
How does he pull a gun with no arms? I understand that he still has forearms, there are videos of him shooting guns, but I have a hard time believing that this guy is a quick draw artist, and got the drop on his passenger that easily.
Didn't the dudes in the back try to stop him?
How did he get the dead guy out of his car? He asked the other dudes to do it, but they bailed and drove off, and the victim was found on a lawn somewhere. How did the killer get him out?
How does he play cornhole at such an elite level? I assume he's throwing the bean bags with his teeth.
Does he play any other sports? Pickleball? Dodgeball? Football (I'm not going to say it)?
BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
No, he doesn't play basketball. Also, Bradrick Wells? That's a fake name for sure. Midsummer Murders much? And if he ain't real... Then this whole thing ain't real!
Zagam@piefed.social · 13 pts · 139d
I've been to LaPlata. Nothing in this article is surprising.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
Calling Charles county part of "Suburban" Baltimore surprised me...also, which nub pulled the trigger‽
Flyzeyez@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 139d
That is quite the headline
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 139d
I had to read it 3 times to figure out what the hell it meant. :p
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 139d
Netflix marketing for Knives Out is getting out of hand.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 139d
Having watched the video of him shooting a gun, this still makes no sense. My brain cannot wrap itself around how any of this works. I'm looking for cracks, any indication this is just some AI-fuel mass hallucination fever-dream, but I can't find it and that is somehow worse.
JamesTBagg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d
Yeah, I saw that and my first thought how the fuck you gonna let that man draw down on you? How did you not see it coming? Did he just sit there watching this guy fumble fingerless with a gun until he could get the safety off and pointed at him? Did he want to die?
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 139d
c/nottheonion
shweddy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 139d
Following in pistorius foot steps hehe
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d
Maryland man. Not really insane and trashy like Florida or Ohio man, but you are left impressed, confused, and wondering why murder showed up
Zugyuk@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d
https://fxtwitter.com/dontrellchillis/status/2036193816344920266
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 139d
This somehow answers very few of my questions, and raises a lot more.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
Not for nothing but La Plata is not part of suburban Baltimore...
village604@adultswim.fan · 4 pts · 139d
I'm shocked that it's not Florida
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
The name for the very common game "cornhole" has always made me laugh, since it's the common name. I love how there are some efforts to call it "bean bag toss". Yeah, nope, not really seeing much traction there. The only thing funnier to my inner 10 year old would be if there was a legit game called bum darts.
And yes, watching shows like "Blown Away" got plenty of chuckles when they keep referred to "the glory hole".
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
We always called it "bags"
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 139d
In Canada cornhole means something completely different, and every time I see it mentioned on Lemmy it makes me have to stop and translate to American.
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 139d
In the US, getting corn holed is receiving unlubricated anal penetration.
Ersatz86@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
"History"
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · -4 pts · 139d
Yeah duh because its probably complete bullshit and he is being framed.See reply at the bottom
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 139d
Too many witnesses refutes your 'guess'.
Read the summary or the article next time.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 139d
The mystery has been solved fyi, comment at the bottom of the thread posted an msn article with a video.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 139d
Zugyuk posted the same link here 7 hours ago.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · -1 pts · 139d
I read the entire article, (obviously because my quote isnt even in the summary) and it makes zero sense. No matter how many witnesses there are, if they cant explain in court how he actually did it then he wont be found guilty. He doesnt have feet either, so he really would need a highly customized contraption or full robotic limbs.
Harvey656@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 139d
Yeah naw, for the pedals all he would need is sticks, and basically the same for arms. The real question is firing the gun.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 139d
The gun is what we are talking about in this thread
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/quadriplegic-cornhole-pro-accused-of-murder-fires-gun-in-resurfaced-video-watch/ar-AA1ZjtG6
Here you go.
TheseusNow@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 139d
I see, but I am still confused. He has no trigger finger. Is that gun just made so poorly a nub can pull the trigger? Isn't that a safety concern?
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
Absolutely. Wouldn't shoot that if I were toy.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 139d
Thank you, that'll do it i guess.