The quadruple amputee pro cornhole champion charged with fatally shooting his pal did it during a heated argument about “high school BS” and allegations of stealing, according to witnesses.
Dayton James Webber, 27, was driving through Maryland with three friends last week when he allegedly freaked out during a spat with his long-time friend Bradrick Michael Wells, shot him dead and dumped his body on the side of the road.
“It was an argument about high school BS,” Gary Gray, 28, who was in the backseat of the Tesla when Webber opened fire, told the Daily Mail.
“Everything that was discussed could have been moved past with words,” added Gray, who knew Webber and Wells for more than a decade, shaking his head.
The second witness, a 21-year-old who only provided the pseudonym Cameron, said that there was a history of bickering between Wells and Webber over the former’s “paranoia” that people were stealing from his home. Cameron said that was what sparked the argument.
“Part of their bad energy was all the accusations Dayton’s made in the past for phones he’s found, guns that were misplaced,” Gray explained.
But “in reality, there’s dozens and dozens of people coming through Dayton’s house all the time,” he said.
Webber and Wells seemed to be “buddy-buddy” after Webber picked up Wells from his home and they hung out with other friends at a local motocross park the day of the shooting, March 22.
They still seemed to be on good terms when they showed up at the All American Steakhouse in Waldorf, where Gray and Cameron work, around 9:30 p.m. — but when Gray and Cameron got off their shift and joined the two in the Tesla an hour later, the vibes had changed.
Gray recalled the pair were “lightly bickering” surrounded by bottles of booze and cocaine when they hopped in the car. He didn’t remember seeing either one drinking or using the drugs.
They decided to make the 45-minute drive to Webber’s $700,000 home in La Plata, which is when the arguing began — with Webber accusing Wells of stealing from him, according to the Daily Mail.
As the fight escalated, Gray said he began to get nervous knowing both men were legal gun owners and Webber an accomplished hunter despite his handicap. But he said he never believed Webber, who has “anger issues,” could ever actually kill someone, especially a friend.
But suddenly, he noticed Webber, who was driving with a prosthetic leg, quickly pull out a P365 Sig Sauer and pointing it at Wells in the passenger seat.
Gray and Cameron saw a spark, felt a rush of heat and heard a deafening bang, leaving their ears ringing. One of the gunshots went through Wells’ passenger window, shattering glass all over the backseat.
“It just felt like time slowed down because everything else disappeared,” he said.
When he realized what had happened, he went to check on Wells.
“I didn’t see his face or the bullet holes. I just went far enough to confirm that that’s a lot of blood,” he said.
Gray and Cameron said they began screaming at Webber to let him out of the car. He finally agreed and pulled over on the side of the road in Charlotte Hall and left them with Wells’ body.
Webber allegedly sped off and the pair immediately called 911.
Webber’s Tesla was tracked down some 100 miles away in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was found at a nearby hospital seeking treatment for a “medical issue,” the sheriff’s office said.
He was arrested after he was released from the hospital and has waived his right to extradition back to Maryland, where he will face charges for first- and second-degree murder.
The alleged gunman made a name for himself as a professional cornhole player in the American Cornhole League despite being an amputee.
He lost his lower arms and legs to a bacterial infection when he was just 10 months old, according to a 2023 ESPN profile.
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