Quadriplegic Cornhole Player Charged with Murder

0:00It's April 1st. You're listening to Durham News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. A Maryland judge just denied bail to Dayton James Weber, a 27-year-old professional cornhole player who's a quadruple amputee. He's accused of shooting and killing another 27-year-old passenger, Bradrick Michael Wells, right in his car back on March 22nd, during a heated argument. Weber lost his arms and legs at 10 months old from a severe blood infection, but that hasn't stopped his career in cornhole. Police say the fight started over a gun that got stolen from him, and he's now facing first. And second-degree murder charges plus assault and fire arms counts. Defense lawyers argue it was straight up self-defense, saying Weber had no choice to save his own life. Meanwhile, prosecutors push hard to keep him locked up, pointing out he bolted to Virginia right after and still owns guns. They tracked him down at a hospital in Charlottesville, seeking treatment, then extradited him back,

1:01witnesses from the car backed away and called cops when he asked for help moving the body. The case heads to a preliminary hearing on May 6th, so we'll see if self-defense holds up or if trial drags on. Stay tuned as this unfolds.