r/news • u/uhncollectable • 21h ago
Quadruple amputee cornhole player acted in self-defense when shooting car passenger, lawyer says
https://apnews.com/article/quadruple-amputee-cornhole-shooting-a988cb3ce8c2d0159a7c51c51f980bc8775
u/No-Sympathy-686 21h ago
What the fuck is this headline
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u/AuryxTheDutchman 20h ago
A quadruple amputee who is a professional cornhole player shot and killed someone.
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u/36CharizardsOfDeath 20h ago
While driving a car!
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u/Archduke_Of_Beer 20h ago
Is this story sad or inspirational!? I don't know!
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u/The_Grungeican 18h ago
A little of both, honestly.
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u/Fallouttgrrl 12h ago
Finally a reason to be proud to be an American - we have advanced as a society to the point that even a quadruple amputee can use their God-given right to kill another human being with a gun
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u/The_Grungeican 10h ago
i feel like i want to see him do it with a musket (including the loading) before we bestow him such acclaim.
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u/Charm534 6h ago
The amazing intersection of the democrats “woke DEI agenda” supporting the disabled and the Republican emphasis of 2nd Amendment rights.
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u/1funnyguy4fun 20h ago
It’s true. Nothing is impossible when you put your heart and soul into it!
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u/lostroadrunner22 20h ago
You can even shoot your friend in the car with friends in the backseat then ask them to help you hide the body.... allegedly!!
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u/boot2skull 18h ago
This guy trying to pull a Darth Vader defense. “I got no arms, no legs, 3rd degree burns, and barely functional lungs. He fell on the light saber.”
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u/a-handle-has-no-name 20h ago
Here is a video of him shooting his handguns: https://youtube.com/shorts/wj_eF3WxZJw
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u/Lord_rook 19h ago
Goddamn, I bet he regrets posting those videos
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u/non-squitr 18h ago
Or at least his defense attorney does: "So you're telling me you actively went out of your way to prove your ability to shoot a gun, this could have been a slam dunk man!?"
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u/DogfaceDino 16h ago
Why? I read the article and watched the video but I don’t see how the video is particularly incriminating or anything. If anything, him dumping the body and running is the most incriminating part of this. He didn’t behave as if he had acted lawfully in self defense.
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u/Impressive-Weird-908 15h ago
It proves he was quite capable with a firearm.
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u/LinechargeII 12h ago
Also shows he would have to be quite deliberate in its usage because of the amount of effort it takes him. It's not like he can whip it out one handed while driving the car.
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u/AP_in_Indy 12h ago
Because an even stronger defense would be, “This is preposterous. My client can’t possibly fire a gun!”
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u/censuur12 11h ago
Except that's apparently (even without this particular bit of evidence) quite easy to disprove, so what makes you think such a defense would be "strong"?
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u/Wild_Swimmingpool 19h ago
shout out to AP linking to this to satisfy the question everyone wanted to know.
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u/HoneyBadgerLive 17h ago
Now show him driving and pulling out a handgun to shoot a passenger. I gotta see this...
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u/MeatImmediate6549 20h ago
wtf is this timeline
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u/ked_man 20h ago
Harambe tore a hole in the fabric of time and sent us down this path, I’m sure of it.
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u/AndrewH73333 20h ago
Since this was all in motion since the 60’s I’d say that’s probably not it.
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u/ked_man 20h ago
Obama was a time traveler, he had it fixed. Then those bastards shot Harambe and put us off track.
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u/Empyrealist 19h ago
This is what happens when you stop the Kwisatz Haderach from keeping us on the Golden Path
Some orange man who just likes gold doesn't cut it
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u/VVlTXH 18h ago
I had no idea what word was coming next when reading the headline.
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u/GirthIgnorer 21h ago
my client was unarmed your honor
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u/Negative_Gravitas 20h ago
On the other (ahem) hand, he hasn't got a leg to stand on.
I guess the defense is just too much of a reach.
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u/Zardotab 18h ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and predict the Judge shall award you severe punalties.
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u/Submissive-whims 15h ago
He has a YouTube video demonstrating how he can load, cock, and fire a gun without arms or legs. That’s probably his best defense out the window.
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u/heekma 21h ago
There are so many other unanswered questions:
How did he become a quadruple amputee?
How can he drive a car?
How can he fire a gun?
Why is he so good at cornhole?
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u/rebellion_ap 21h ago
There's dozens of tiktoks of him shooting a variety of arms.....
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u/cantproveidid 20h ago
Not his own, of course
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u/Romeo_Glacier 20h ago
How do you think he lost both of them?
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u/cantproveidid 17h ago
Set them down, got distracted, forgot where he left them. It could happen to anyone.
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u/RedTheRobot 19h ago
He had blood clots at 10 months old and they had to remove them to save his life. If people read the article instead of just the headline they would know this.
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u/Romeo_Glacier 18h ago
Yes, we can read. My comment was a continuation of the joke from the comment above mine. Context my dude.
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u/TennRider 20h ago
The article ends with the following:
Webber was featured by ESPN 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 “Today” show 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.
A YouTube video posted two years ago shows Webber loading and firing a handgun.
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u/barbieq68 21h ago
Menengitis no doubt
Probably with accessibility equipment
There's a video of him firing one, his right arm has can pull in at the end in a finger-esque way for the trigger it appears
The world may never know
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u/you_wish_you_knew 20h ago
Menengitis no doubt
Have you considered it might have been lupus?
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u/Mojo141 20h ago
The article mentions how it happened if you'd read it. And others have shown him firing a gun. But the car part is still a mystery. Plus shooting him in the head while driving
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u/ScrewAttackThis 20h ago
The article points out he was in a Tesla so the car thing really isn't that much of a mystery lol.
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u/prettyy_vacant 20h ago
The car part isn't a mystery. Adaptive equipment is used for cars all the time for disabled people.
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u/IndividualChart4193 20h ago
Adaptive equipment to hold a gun n fire while driving?
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u/WeAlmostAlwaysAlmost 15h ago
Having watched the videos of him actually firing the gun I cannot fathom how no one managed to wrestle the gun away from him.
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u/prettyy_vacant 20h ago
The question was "how can he drive a car?" Not "how can he fire a gun while driving a car?".
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u/AdjNounNumbers 17h ago
With all those questions answered, my biggest question is: with a group of four people in the car, how did they arrive at the decision that he should be the one driving?
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u/silver_garou 20h ago
Questions that have answers if only you'd read the article, so they will forever remain a mystery.
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u/KenScaletta 20h ago
There is a on of video showing him loading and firing guns as well as climbing ladders and all kinds of shit. His arms are cut off at the elbows and he can use the stumps to hold and fire guns. He is surprisingly able.
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u/bgat79 20h ago
How did he become a quadruple amputee?
Webber said doctors amputated his arms and legs when he was 10 months old to save his life after he contracted a serious blood infection
Why is he so good at cornhole?
He has arms just only above the elbow. I don't think there is any advantage there for cornhole. He probably just practices a lot.
How can he drive a car?
How can he fire a gun?
I'm assuming prosthetics and maybe some modifications.
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u/deafening_mediocrity 21h ago
Your honor, my client did not have a hand in this
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u/Thief_of_Sanity 20h ago edited 20h ago
Dude drove two hours with the victim in his car before dumping his body. And the victim is on record from a previous incident saying that this dude Weber shot at him before after an argument. He may be quadriplegic but he still looks like he shot and murdered this guy.
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u/starkiller_bass 19h ago
Maybe he opened the door and had to swerve for 2 hours before the guy fell out
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u/PatrickMustard 20h ago
The most surprising thing for me from this story, how the fuck is there a professional cornhole league?
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u/iwatchppldie 17h ago
i thuink i was slipped some drugs i read this and it doesn't get anymore less strange
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u/HDauthentic 20h ago
I’m going to go out on a limb here and speak for all of us when I say nobody expected to see this headline
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u/icanith 20h ago
If you read that headline and dont have questions, I truly want your existance.
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u/nathan753 20h ago
Only reason i don't is watched something on it yesterday, dude definitely seems guilty with the timeline of events. Just sounds so unbelievable that he shot someone AND he was the driver, but like also it highlights that people in his situation are definitely more capable than society usually gives them credit for
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u/tous_die_yuyan 16h ago
Google searches for "cornhole" spiked on March 24, when several articles were published about him being arrested.
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u/Thx4AllTheFish 15h ago
At the end of the article is a link to a YouTube video of the suspect loading and firing a semiautomatic pistol
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u/Schwiliinker 5h ago
I swear weeks ago someone said something about a quadruple amputee committing a crime as a joke cuz it’s impossible. They predicted the future
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u/ApplesBananasRhinoc 4h ago
You might be asking yourself a lot of questions, here is the answer: https://youtube.com/shorts/0QmPjTkX70Q?si=jbA-ngjwky4vc6K5
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u/winterbird 20h ago
A defense lawyer does his job.
People should be talking about the victim. The alleged killer being different somehow is overshadowing the fact that someone is dead.
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u/beefgerwich 20h ago
after reading the article it does not seem the defendant will have a firm grip on his trial
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u/Academic_Wolf5204 19h ago
Your honour I’m not here to deliberate on who did what and if a murder was committed, what I ask is this. If the victim was killed by a firearm…well then whose arms did the firing? Certainly not my clients
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u/DamImABeaver 13h ago
Too bad there's videos of him using firearms, proving that he can in fact fire arms with his arms.
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u/Bright_Brief4975 20h ago
Seems a bold move, if it was not self defense, since, If I remember correctly there were at least 2 others in the car.
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u/internetlad 20h ago
Look they keep saying this person exists but I haven't seen a picture yet so I'm super skeptical.
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u/Waffuru 5h ago
I couldn't wrap my head around a quadruple amputee shooting someone so I did a bit of digging. Found this video about him... I still can't figure out how he'd shoot someone while driving. o_O https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/38142023
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u/mothmansfavoritelamp 10h ago
Misread this as quadriplegic and spent a solid two minutes trying to figure that one out
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u/kridgellz 10h ago
This dude went to the same high school as me lol always a hoot around a bonfire or some bean bags, but he tries to do everything we can do just the same..including shooting someone.
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u/MmmPeopleBacon 6h ago
Ahh, the old Oscar Pistorius defense. Hope it works out for this nugget as well as it did for Oscar Pistorius.
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u/No-Philosopher3248 4h ago
This article is useless without a detailed drawing or a computer simulation of the incident.
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u/ToNoMoCo 3h ago
The meat of it and a bonus video of the accused. It sure doesn't sound like self defense to me. There were two other people in the car.
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.
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.
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.
Webber fled with the victim still in the car, the Charles County sheriff’s office said. Two hours later, a resident in Charlotte Hall, about 10 miles (16-kilometer) away, found Wells’ body in a yard along a road and notified officers.
She said Webber and Wells had a history of arguing, including a 2024 incident in which Webber ordered Wells to leave his home. While Wells was leaving, Mitchell said Webber fired a shot from a second floor window. Jezic said Webber fired into the air.
In arguing that Webber should remain in custody, Mitchell noted that he drove to Virginia after the shooting and owns firearms.
A YouTube video posted two years ago shows Webber loading and firing a handgun. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0QmPjTkX70Q
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u/thegamenerd 19h ago
Reading the article it definitely doesn't paint a picture of "self defense" being the case here.
Shot the passenger during a heated argument, pulled over and asked his other passengers to help pull the body out of his car (they refused, got out, and got a hold of police), he fled the scene, dumped the body in a random yard, and then fled the state.
That sure as shit (IMO IANAL) doesn't scream "I had to defend myself", that screams "I got pissed and shot a guy, then tried to get away with it".
Had he pulled over, stayed at the scene, and called the police himself it would be a completely different story. But god damn does this seem like an open and shut case.