Amputee cornhole pro Dayton Webber denied bond in murder case - ESPN

LA PLATA, Md. — Dayton Webber, the quadruple amputee cornhole player facing murder charges, will continue to be held without bond as his case moves forward, a Maryland judge ruled Wednesday.

Webber, a former pro in the American Cornhole League, made his first appearance in Charles County District Court via video stream from a county jail after being extradited to Maryland earlier this week.

Webber, 27, has been charged with murder and felony assault, among other charges, after allegedly shooting Brad Wells on March 22 while driving through the outskirts of La Plata, Maryland.

A prosecutor told the court that police found a gun in the car consistent with the murder weapon.

Webber's attorneys argued that he had been afraid of Wells and acted in self-defense.

Wells' body was found in the yard of a house about 10 miles away from where police believe the shooting occurred. Police later arrested Webber across state lines at a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he allegedly stopped to seek treatment for an unknown medical issue, according to court documents. His white Tesla was found at a gas station next door.

So far, police have obtained a search warrant for Webber's car's thumb drive to «preserve any video evidence» of the alleged crimes caught on the Tesla's multiple exterior cameras, according to Virginia court records. They also examined Webber's clothing and took DNA swabs from his arms, according to a copy of the search warrant obtained by ESPN.

Two other passengers were in the backseat of the car during the shooting. The court documents contain their accounts to police but do not identify the witnesses by name.

The two passengers told police that an argument over «drugs, guns and a woman» allegedly preceded