The "Top Ten Balls" column of ESPN's SportsCenter once broadcast a clip: A player accurately dropped the sandbag into the hole four times in a row, and the last bag even cleverly bounced into the target with the help of the opponent's sandbag.
At the end of the shot, the host said: "Dayton Weber – remember this name."
(Dayton Weber)
As shown in the photo, the player has no hands or feet.
In 2023, ESPN's SC Featured column produced a feature for him called "The World Won't Wait", telling how he became a professional cornhole player as a quadruple amputee.
After scoring, Weber did a handstand on his stump and performed a "squirming dance" to celebrate the victory.
"What I've been doing my whole life is doing things that other people think I can't do," he said on the show.
("The World Won't Wait")
Today, as the host said, people do remember the name Dayton Webb.
But this time, it's not about sports, it's about murder.
According to a statement from the Charles County Sheriff's Office in Maryland, the incident occurred on the night of March 22, 2026.
Weber, 27, was driving a car (yes, he could still drive without his hands) with three other passengers. Sitting in the front passenger seat was Wells, 27, and two others were sitting in the back seat. According to subsequent police investigations, everyone in the car knew each other.
According to two passengers in the back seat, Weber and Wells had an argument while driving, and Weber became so angry that he shot and killed Wells.
After the shooting, Weber pulled over and asked the two passengers in the back seat to help him drag Wells' body out of the car. The two refused and immediately got out of the car and left the scene.
Two witnesses later stopped police patrolling nearby and reported the shooting.
Weber drove away with the body. About two hours later, a local resident called the police and found a body in his yard. When the police arrived, they identified the deceased as Wells.
Police obtained a warrant and eventually found Webb's car 150 miles away, parked at a gas station. Weber himself sought medical treatment at a nearby hospital. After being discharged, the police arrested him.
He faces charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and other related crimes.
Police did not reveal the reason for the altercation or a possible motive.
(Webb is currently in jail)
Seeing this, many people may have questions – isn't Weber a disabled person without limbs? How did he drive and how did he shoot and kill?
The reporter also raised this question with the police, but the spokesperson did not answer. But in fact, don't underestimate Weber.
If we temporarily forget the fact that he killed someone, Weber's first half of his life is almost a perfect "counterattack" and "unyielding" story.
Weber contracted Streptococcus pneumoniae when he was 10 months old, causing a serious blood infection. Doctors told his parents he only had a 3% chance of survival. His family even offered "dying prayers" for him.
As a last-ditch effort, doctors amputated Weber's limbs. It turned out that Weber was very resilient and spent four months in the hospital before finally recovering.
Over the next 20 years, Weber's life was like cheating:
ESPN first reported on Webb in 2010, when he was just 11 years old, calling him a "budding wrestler and football player."
(Webber became a wrestler as a child)
In 2020, he won the Maryland cornhole championship and was named the best cornhole player in the state.
In 2021, he signed a professional contract and officially joined the American Cornhole League, becoming the first quadruple amputee player in the history of the league. The following year he also participated in the ACL World Championship.
In 2023, he published an autobiographical article on the TODAY website; in the same year, ESPN filmed a special program for him.
Having no arms or legs doesn't limit him. He can use the ends of his residual limbs to complete grasping, manipulation and other actions. During the sandbag throwing competition, he would even deliberately not wear prosthetics, because the prosthetics would reduce his tactile sensitivity to the sandbags.
(Webber is participating in a sandbag throwing contest)
Weber has mastered almost all the skills of a normal person.
He said in his autobiographical article: He taught himself to drive through go-karts since he was a child, and later learned to operate heavy machinery. He could write, pick things off the ground, hunt and fish.
By the age of 11, he was wrestling, playing rugby, playing video games and riding a dirt bike.
In fact, you can still find his own game videos uploaded on his Youtube channel. Needless to say, he plays it quite smoothly…it's hard to imagine how he can operate it without his hands.
(via Weber’s own Youtube)
Shooting was even less of a problem for him. He even posted several videos of him shooting on Youtube, with the title "No hands no feet shooting" (shooting without hands and feet). He is proficient in both pistols and rifles.
(Webber is using a firearm)
Weber spent his whole life learning how to use his stump to complete ordinary human movements, and the media has always regarded this as an inspirational story. But now, the same ability is used by him to kill people…
A carefully constructed and nearly impeccable inspirational story was shattered into pieces by a single gunshot.
Weber's case is particularly sensitive for the American Sandbag League, which is seeking a bigger stage.
Earlier this month, someone from the American Sandbag Federation said in an interview that they are working hard to promote American sandbag throwing as an Olympic event. And Weber is key to their promotion: "This is a very inclusive program. We always say, anyone can play, anyone can win."
Weber was once the most powerful testament to this slogan.
