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LA PLATA, Md. — <\/span>A quadruple amputee professional cornhole player acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a passenger<\/a> in his car during a heated argument, his attorney said Wednesday.<\/p>\n Dayton James Webber, 27, appeared in Charles County District Court via videoconference for the bail review Wednesday, where Judge Patrick Devine noted that he left Maryland after the March 22 shooting of 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells and ordered Webber to remain jailed without bail.<\/p>\n Webber, who was extradited<\/a> from Virginia and is charged with first- and second-degree murder, hasn’t entered a plea yet and is due in court for a May 6 preliminary hearing. He also faces assault and firearm charges.<\/p>\n Defense attorney Andrew Jezic told the court that Webber acted in self-defense and that he anticipates \u201ca lengthy trial\u201d to prove it.<\/p>\n After the hearing, Jezic told reporters that his client was \u201cterrified.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe truth here is that he would have been a murder victim if he had not acted immediately in defense of his life,\u201d Jezic said.<\/p>\n Family members of Webber declined to comment after the hearing.<\/p>\n Webber, whose arms and legs were amputated when he was 10 months old to save his life after he contracted a serious blood infection, is accused of shooting Wells, of Waldorf, twice in the head during an argument, according to police charging documents.<\/p>\n Karen Piper Mitchell, a deputy state’s attorney, said witnesses in the car told authorities the argument was over a gun that a friend of Wells had stolen from Webber, and that Webber was upset Wells was still friends with the thief. <\/p>\n In arguing that Webber should remain in custody, Mitchell noted that he drove to Virginia after the shooting and owns firearms. <\/p>\n According to the charging documents, Webber pulled over after the shooting in La Plata, Maryland, and asked two backseat passengers to help pull the victim out, but they refused, got out of the car and flagged down police officers.<\/p>\n Webber fled with the victim still in the car, the Charles County sheriff\u2019s office said. Two hours later, a resident in Charlotte Hall, about 10 miles (16-kilometer) away, found Wells\u2019 body in a yard along a road and notified officers.<\/p>\n Detectives tracked down Webber\u2019s car in Charlottesville, Virginia, and found Webber at a hospital where he was \u201cseeking treatment for a medical issue,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n Webber was featured by ESPN<\/a> in 2023 in a story of inspiration, noting he rode dirt bikes, wrestled and played football before becoming a professional cornhole player. The same year, he wrote an essay for the \u201cToday\u201d show<\/a> about how he became a professional competitor. He said he learned to grab the bean bag by the corners and throw it using his amputated arms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n