Quadruple Amputee Athlete Dayton Webber Detained in Connection With the Passing of a Man in Maryland

A Maryland athlete with a widely known personal story is now at the center of a homicide investigation — one that unfolded across multiple locations late at night.

Authorities say Dayton James Webber, 27, was detained after a man was found dead in a residential yard, hours after the two were last seen together.

Webber was later located in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was arrested as a fugitive after a series of events that began late that night in La Plata.

According to the Charles County Sheriff's Office, La Plata Police officers were flagged down around 10:25 p.m. near La Plata Road and Radio Station Road by two individuals who had been inside a vehicle.

Investigators said the witnesses were seated in the back seat at the time of the incident. Afterward, Webber allegedly stopped near Radio Station Road and Llano Drive and asked them to help remove the victim, but they refused and left the area.

Authorities said Webber then drove away with the victim still inside the vehicle.

Nearly two hours later, a resident in the 10000 block of Newport Church Road in Charlotte Hall called 9-1-1 after discovering a body in a yard. Officers responded and pronounced Bradrick Michael Wells, 27, of Waldorf, dead at the scene.

Detectives later located Webber's vehicle in Virginia. He was found at a hospital seeking treatment for a medical issue and was arrested after his release.

Webber is expected to face first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and related charges upon extradition to Charles County.

Officials said all individuals involved knew each other. Authorities later determined that an argument inside the vehicle escalated into the fatal shooting.

The investigation remains ongoing as authorities work to determine how a dispute inside a vehicle escalated into a tragedy that stretched miles beyond where it began.