LA PLATA, MD — Dayton Webber, a quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player who was arrested last month after authorities said he fatally shot his friend in Charles County, has been indicted by a grand jury on a first-degree murder charge, according to a report.
The indictment also includes two counts of gun possession charges and two counts of reckless endangerment against 27-year-old Webber, The Washington Post reported. It was returned on Friday and filed in Charles County Circuit Court.
Webber is being held at the Charles County Detention Center after he was denied bail.
According to authorities, Webber shot and killed 27-year-old Bradrick Wells during an argument on March 22. A news release said Webber was driving a Tesla with people he knew when an argument occurred. Wells was a front-seat passenger in the car.
Once Wells was shot, police said Webber pulled over near Radio Station Road and Llano Drive in La Plata and asked the passengers to help pull the victim out of the car. The witnesses refused, exited the car and fled.
Webber then drove away with Wells still in the car, police said.
About 10:25 p.m. that night, officers with the La Plata Police Department were flagged down by two people who were in the back seat of the car when Wells was shot, officials said.
Charles County patrol officers helped search locations where Webber may have fled. Nearly two hours later, a resident in the 10000 block of Newport Church Road in Charlotte Hall called 911 to report a body in a yard.
Officers found Wells at that site, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's office said.
Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant for Webber’s arrest and located his car in Charlottesville, Virginia. Webber was found at a nearby hospital seeking treatment for a medical issue.
Webber was transferred to the Charles County jail from the Albemarle County Detention Center in Virginia on March 31. At a bail hearing following the transfer, Webber's attorney said he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Wells.
After the hearing, Jezic told reporters that his client was “terrified.”
“The truth here is that he would have been a murder victim if he had not acted immediately in defense of his life,” Jezic said.
NBC Washington reported that the Charles County Sheriff's Office confirmed Webber is a professional cornhole player who has tournaments. In 2023, he wrote an essay for the network's "TODAY" show about becoming a professional cornhole player.
“I believe that God put me on this planet for one reason,” Webber told ESPN, “to inspire other people just by me doing my daily tasks.”
In an interview with The Baltimore Banner, Wells' father said Webber and his son were closely acquainted and hunted deer together. Michael Wells said his son was also uncertain about associating with Webber, whom he said had an "unstable reputation."
“Who knows why he slipped like that?” Michael Wells said.
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
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