Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Tuesday, March twenty fourth, and
Speaker 1: a Marilyn man has been charged with murder. Is making
Speaker 1: headlines because this man is charged with shooting someone and
Speaker 1: he has no arms and no legs. With that, welcome
Speaker 1: to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. That is
Speaker 1: without question a big part of the headlines and a
Speaker 1: lot of attention this story is getting because a lot
Speaker 1: of people up frankly, how is this possible?
Speaker 2: Well, and add to that, he was driving a vehicle
Speaker 2: at the time of the shooting reported least, so that
Speaker 2: also is puzzling to think, Wow, this man who has
Speaker 2: no arms, no legs is driving and is able to
Speaker 2: keep driving while witnesses claim he shot someone in the head.
Speaker 2: And on top of that, in terms of the headline
Speaker 2: making part of this story, he is also a professional
Speaker 2: corn hole player who has been featured by news outlets
Speaker 2: for years.
Speaker 1: I guess that's still would have made headlines. Professional cornhole
Speaker 1: player charged with murder? Right, They oftentimes lead with something
Speaker 1: that's correct. That kind of thing makes someone have an attention,
Speaker 1: have got them attention. This is still a bizarre story.
Speaker 1: This did happen?
Speaker 2: When was the date on this This happened I believe
Speaker 2: on Sunday, Sunday evening, and he.
Speaker 3: Was captured a few hours later.
Speaker 1: All right, so let's tell you what we're talking about.
Speaker 1: Twenty seven year old Dayton James Webber. Now, most folks
Speaker 1: robes wouldn't know that name, but he has become familiar
Speaker 1: to a certain degree, not just because robes he competes
Speaker 1: as a professional corn hole player. They're not necessarily big superstars.
Speaker 1: But he got attention because he was doing it and
Speaker 1: served as an inspiration quite frankly, in history.
Speaker 2: Yes, he was featured as, yes, someone who overcame his
Speaker 2: physical limitations and was able to do things that most
Speaker 2: people can't do with full arms and legs.
Speaker 3: He was a football player, a wrestler.
Speaker 2: He yeah, then decided to specifically get into cornhole and
Speaker 2: he's really good at it.
Speaker 3: He's a champion.
Speaker 2: And yes, people are looking to him and have been
Speaker 2: looking to him for years saying if he can do
Speaker 2: what I can do it, look at what Dayton James
Speaker 2: Webber is able to do. He absolutely has been an
Speaker 2: inspiration to many.
Speaker 1: And we can get more into what exactly happened with
Speaker 1: him medically if you will, but this has been something
Speaker 1: a condition when he was a child, and his right
Speaker 1: and left arm amputated, right and left leg amputate. It
Speaker 1: he doesn't have those limbs beyond the elbow, I guess
Speaker 1: you could say. And also it's above the knee is
Speaker 1: where his legs are arputated amputated. So this is who
Speaker 1: we're talking about with ropes. He found a way to
Speaker 1: manage doing corn hole, at least by being able to
Speaker 1: clasp that bag in some way and tossing it, and
Speaker 1: was effective in doing it. It's impressive when you watch it.
Speaker 3: It is, it really is.
Speaker 2: We've been watching some years of him doing his thing
Speaker 2: and it is very impressive. So it makes obviously what
Speaker 2: now he is accused of all the more horrific. He
Speaker 2: is facing first and second degree murder charges, two counts
Speaker 2: of assault in the first degree, and the use of
Speaker 2: a firearm in the commission of a felony. But when
Speaker 2: you hear the details about how this all went down,
Speaker 2: according to two passengers who were in the back seat,
Speaker 2: it's a head scratcher.
Speaker 1: So as simple as that, folks. Yes, there were, according
Speaker 1: to police, at least two witnesses to this who were
Speaker 1: sitting in the backseat of a car. While Weber was
Speaker 1: driving this vehicle and another passenger was in the passenger seat. Now,
Speaker 1: according to authorities, were olden. According to these passengers, whatever
Speaker 1: argument took place, Weber allegedly shoots the passenger and then
Speaker 1: kind of some confusing and chaotic scenes play out for
Speaker 1: the next couple hours.
Speaker 3: That's right, so he's driving.
Speaker 2: To the people in the back seat, he pulls out
Speaker 2: the firearm and shoots him twice in the head while driving,
Speaker 2: and then pulls over.
Speaker 3: According to the two folks in the back seat.
Speaker 2: And by the way, we don't know exactly what the
Speaker 2: relationships are between or among these four folks, but police
Speaker 2: say they were friendly with one another.
Speaker 3: They all knew each other.
Speaker 2: So reportedly, according to the two witnesses in the back seat,
Speaker 2: Weber then asks them to help him pull Wells's body
Speaker 2: out of the car. And we mentioned to the man
Speaker 2: who was killed, twenty seven year old Bradrick Michael Wells,
Speaker 2: Bradrick Wells. So he said, hey, guys, help me pull
Speaker 2: his body out of the vehicle. The two people in
Speaker 2: the back seat were like, ah, no, we're not doing that. Finally,
Speaker 2: someone doing something smart. We see too many movies where
Speaker 2: folks just kind of do things that they know they
Speaker 2: shouldn't do.
Speaker 3: These two folks were smart.
Speaker 2: They got out of the vehicle and they ran, they fled,
Speaker 2: and they eventually were able to flag down a police officer.
Speaker 1: They get an officer and start telling their story. Sure,
Speaker 1: and then they were able to fairly quickly track down Weber.
Speaker 1: But they also were able to find he had, apparently,
Speaker 1: according to authorities, dumped this man's body out in the
Speaker 1: middle of the wide open space for all the public
Speaker 1: to see. Essentially.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so apparently two hours after this all took place,
Speaker 2: please got a call of a body found in a yard,
Speaker 2: and yes, it was in fact Wells.
Speaker 3: And then yes, they found Weber by locating his vehicle.
Speaker 2: It's so incredible the way we now have our surveillance
Speaker 2: system set up in this country. So yes, they were
Speaker 2: able to locate his car one hundred and fifty miles
Speaker 2: away from where the body was found in Virginia. He
Speaker 2: actually ended up in a hospital he was being treated
Speaker 2: for an unknown medical issue. But as soon as he
Speaker 2: was released from the hospital, police arrested him and he
Speaker 2: is behind bars in Virginia right now waiting extradition to Maryland.
Speaker 1: And again, I guess it is wrote so much of
Speaker 1: this story and people will focus on again, if this
Speaker 1: wasn't a cornhole player, and this wasn't a quadruple amputee.
Speaker 1: Not sure how many of the headlines a story like
Speaker 1: this would make, but it is at least it makes
Speaker 1: you stop and wonder. But it also Rob said it's
Speaker 1: not a positive necessarily, but oftentimes we talk about folks
Speaker 1: being having not disabled, but differently able. Correct, And to
Speaker 1: hear that someone a quadruple amputee is living a full
Speaker 1: life to the point they're driving around in a car,
Speaker 1: competing in cornhole, doing all these things, and in fact
Speaker 1: even murdering somebody, it's an odd thing to look at
Speaker 1: like wow. Again, it seems odd to say that you
Speaker 1: look at it and say, wow, they're capable of anything
Speaker 1: anybody else is, but robes. It is a little fascinating,
Speaker 1: head scratching and hard for us to get our heads around.
Speaker 1: How he was able to drive the car, first of all,
Speaker 1: is incredible because we have seen, have we not, in
Speaker 1: various shows and things on TVs stories they're able to
Speaker 1: sometimes outfit a car for someone with a disability. So
Speaker 1: we don't know that for sure. I didn't see anywhere
Speaker 1: police describe that.
Speaker 2: No, because and to your point, there are several articles
Speaker 2: out there that exactly specify what you're saying. First of all,
Speaker 2: it's incredible that he's able to drive a car. Second,
Speaker 2: it's kind of remarkable that he's able to shoot a gun. Now,
Speaker 2: imagine being able to do both of those things while
Speaker 2: you have no arms and no legs. It really is
Speaker 2: one of those, as you pointed out, head scratchers. There's
Speaker 2: YouTube videos that he has touted and he's put on
Speaker 2: his social media. One of them is entitled no hands,
Speaker 2: No feet shooting nine millimeter handgun.
Speaker 3: You and I both watched it. He is proficient, Yeah, and.
Speaker 1: I still don't know how. I watched the video, and
Speaker 1: I'm still not sure how he does it right, because
Speaker 1: again he has I'm not sure digits. I guess at
Speaker 1: the end of his arm. There's a way he's able
Speaker 1: to pull that trigger on a vehicle, on the weapon
Speaker 1: and he's still kind of gripping it crazy. It sound
Speaker 1: almost the same way he was doing the bags and
Speaker 1: corn hole, using both to kind of squeeze and hold
Speaker 1: the weapon upright. How he did that and was driving
Speaker 1: the car eyes just and pulled a trigger like I don't.
Speaker 1: I really don't know how he did it, so no,
Speaker 1: and did this safely. Apparently was able to pull over.
Speaker 2: Yes, hey, hey, helped me get the body out, because obviously
Speaker 2: that would be I mean, look, this sounds crazy, but
Speaker 2: that would be a hard thing to do as well.
Speaker 2: With no hands, no legs, how do you get rid
Speaker 2: of a body. It's hard enough for people who have
Speaker 2: no limitations. So yeah, he was asking for help and
Speaker 2: his friends said no way. And by the way, he
Speaker 2: lost his limbs. We were talking early on ten months old.
Speaker 2: I believe he had a bacterial infection and was given
Speaker 2: about a three percent chance to live.
Speaker 3: So he really is a walking miracle. He's talked about it.
Speaker 2: He's inspired folks because of it, the fact that he
Speaker 2: was just able to survive that infection and then to
Speaker 2: thrive given his limitations. But yes, he is an official.
Speaker 2: He is a professional corn hole athlete, and I didn't
Speaker 2: know that was even a thing, but it is. And
Speaker 2: in fact, the whole Cornhole Association is trying to get
Speaker 2: this to become an event at the Olympics. That's how
Speaker 2: big of a deal it is in some circles. And
Speaker 2: certainly he was at the top of his game in Maryland.
Speaker 1: It looks if every once in a while, Look it's
Speaker 1: not appointment viewing, but every once in a while you're
Speaker 1: going through ESPN on a random day at a random time,
Speaker 1: and nothing else is on, and you see a corn
Speaker 1: hole championship place and we stop and check it out
Speaker 1: because it's impressive. So it's a thing. It hasn't gotten
Speaker 1: to where it needs to be, but still it's out there.
Speaker 1: But Robes no matter what I mean, I can't you
Speaker 1: give me a year to go out there and practice
Speaker 1: corn hole with two arms and hands. I'm not going
Speaker 1: to be at a championship level. That what he's doing
Speaker 1: is wildly it's weird to say, and so don't it.
Speaker 1: Don't take this the wrong way. But it's impressive, Yeah,
Speaker 1: what he did, it's not right. It seems weird to say,
Speaker 1: I'm impressive that he pulled off a murder. I'm impressive.
Speaker 1: It's impressive that he is able, Yeah, to do all this.
Speaker 1: That is impressive, awful that he used his ability to
Speaker 1: possibly take a life. But I am it is robe.
Speaker 1: It's the fascination and us not really understanding how he
Speaker 1: pulled this off.
Speaker 2: Yes, Fascination is a good word to describe because everyone's
Speaker 2: trying to imagine how it all happened, how it all worked.
Speaker 2: But obviously he has lived with this his entire life,
Speaker 2: so he knows how to successfully do whatever it is
Speaker 2: he puts his mind to.
Speaker 3: Is how many people have put it.
Speaker 2: So Yeah, by the way, he was named the best
Speaker 2: corn hole player in Maryland in twenty twenty signed a
Speaker 2: professional pro cornhole contract in twenty twenty one, and he
Speaker 2: had a six year contract, so he was in the
Speaker 2: middle of it. It's also fascinating and sad to think
Speaker 2: that he has just thrown all that hard work, all
Speaker 2: that determination, all that success, all that inspiration out the door,
Speaker 2: potentially with one angry moment.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Heah.
Speaker 1: We have to always watch a bunch of these cases
Speaker 1: and stories. I have to say he is an innocent
Speaker 1: man right now, innocent until proven otherwise. We don't know
Speaker 1: exactly what happened in that car, but police say there
Speaker 1: are two people who do know what happened in that car,
Speaker 1: saw it and have reported it now and say there
Speaker 1: is no doubt about what took place. But stay here,
Speaker 1: folks will get more into and robed. You were just
Speaker 1: saying Dayton James Webber. It's not somebody in the name
Speaker 1: people know, but he had had a hell of a run,
Speaker 1: a hell of a successful run, and a hell robes
Speaker 1: of a life to have such to be such a
Speaker 1: young man. He's twenty seven years old, and as crazy
Speaker 1: as it sounds, he had his whole life ahead of him.
Speaker 1: Stay here, we'll tell you more about the man who
Speaker 1: serves or has served as such an inspiration for so.
Speaker 2: Many Welcome back, everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ,
Speaker 2: where we are talking about a quadruple amputee professional cornhole
Speaker 2: player now charged with murder. Two witnesses in the back
Speaker 2: seat of his car say they saw him drive, pull
Speaker 2: out a handgun and shoot the front seat passenger twice
Speaker 2: in the head, killing him. There is a lot to
Speaker 2: unpack with this story. There's the fascination of how he
Speaker 2: did it. There's the question of why he did it.
Speaker 2: We know that there was some sort of argument according
Speaker 2: to the back seat passengers, and look, this is somebody.
Speaker 2: The why is a big, big issue here because of
Speaker 2: what he's accused of compared to who he's been known
Speaker 2: for and known as for so many years.
Speaker 3: He's been the spotlight since he was young. At eleven years.
Speaker 2: Old, he was profiled by the local NBC affiliate about
Speaker 2: his athletic prowess and what he was able to do
Speaker 2: with his body given.
Speaker 3: The fact that he had no arms and no legs.
Speaker 3: He was you know, the.
Speaker 2: End of the newscast where you have the inspirational story.
Speaker 2: He was that story for so many news outlets for
Speaker 2: so many years. He was the kid that made us
Speaker 2: all think we could do anything.
Speaker 1: Oh then he guess he could still be. Don't know again,
Speaker 1: don't have all the answers. He was just arrested yesterday,
Speaker 1: so always want to leave room for that. But Robes, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he had many years or has many years
Speaker 1: left and many years potentially left of being an inspiration,
Speaker 1: of being more of a name that people were possibly
Speaker 1: going to know. What he did up until this other
Speaker 1: guy died has been inspirational.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And with the sport coming up the way it
Speaker 2: is now and there's a big push to make it
Speaker 2: be a bigger, more widely recognized and acknowledged sport, yeah,
Speaker 2: he was riding that wave. I don't know the ESPN
Speaker 2: features because I'm not a big ESPN watcher, but do
Speaker 2: you know ESPN's sc Features and ESPN Sports Center. They
Speaker 2: both profiled Weber and in the most recent years giving
Speaker 2: him accolades for overcoming But I thought this was really interesting.
Speaker 2: ESPN Sports Center gave gave him a spot on one
Speaker 2: of its Top ten plays segments.
Speaker 3: Are you familiar with that? I know you're laughing at me,
Speaker 3: but I don't know what any of.
Speaker 1: This is familiar. Here's the thing.
Speaker 3: Everybody is except for a Wah, except for am Wah.
Speaker 2: So they show him this is just like three years ago,
Speaker 2: making four consecutive shots, and one of them, I guess
Speaker 2: was a really almost impossible shot to make until he
Speaker 2: did it. And the sportscaster or whoever was announcing who
Speaker 2: whatever anchor was, said this Dayton Weber, remember the name
Speaker 2: that is so ominous now given what's been happening.
Speaker 3: But he was the guy. He was the he was
Speaker 3: the inspirational name.
Speaker 2: He was. When you heard his name, you thought, man,
Speaker 2: if he can do what, I can do it. And
Speaker 2: this is just such an unbelievable fall from grace. And
Speaker 2: there are a lot of questions surrounding this case, but
Speaker 2: again I think the biggest one is why, why it's
Speaker 2: just so sad, and to your point, we still have
Speaker 2: to wait the details. We still have to let him
Speaker 2: have his day in court, and certainly we have not
Speaker 2: heard directly yet from Dayton wherever, but we will stay
Speaker 2: on top of this story. We appreciate you as always
Speaker 2: for listening to us. I'm Nami Robach alongside TJ. Holmes.
Speaker 3: We will talk to you soon