ChudTheBuilder, who has previously come under fire for livestreaming himself saying racially derogatory statements to Black people in public settings, has been charged in connection to a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse on Wednesday, May 13, authorities said.
ChudTheBuilder, 28, whose real name is Dalton Eatherly, as well as an unidentified man, were involved in a confrontation that resulted in gunfire, District Attorney Robert J. Nash said in a statement, per the Associated Press. Nash did not reveal why Eatherly was at that courthouse in Clarksville, or what triggered the confrontation.
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While police did not reveal anything about the other man, a witness who claimed she saw him loaded into an ambulance described him as Black. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said that both the men were transported to hospitals to be treated, and were stable.
What are the charges against ChudTheBuilder?
The sheriff’s office said that Eatherly was charged with attempted murder, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. He is being held at the Montgomery County jail until bond can be set at an arraignment hearing.
Claire Martin, who works in an attorney’s office across the street from the courthouse, claimed that Eatherly is “well known in Clarksville for antagonizing people to see what he can get them to do.” She also alleged that he “yells racial slurs” at people while filming them.
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“He’s not a contributing member of society,” she said.
Martin said she did not see the altercation that led to Eatherly’s arrest, but saw the aftermath. She said that the other man “waved at us as he got in the ambulance.”
