{"id":28760,"date":"2026-05-14T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/28760\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:46:08","slug":"chud-the-builder-known-for-racist-confrontations-charged-with-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/28760\/","title":{"rendered":"Chud the Builder, Known for Racist Confrontations, Charged With Attempted Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">A streamer known for hurling racist slurs in public settings under the nickname \u201cChud the Builder\u201d was charged with attempted murder after a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse on Wednesday, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">The streamer, Dalton Eatherly, 28, was involved in a confrontation with an unidentified man that escalated to gunfire outside the Montgomery County Court in Clarksville, about 50 miles northwest of Nashville, the Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement. Both men sustained gunshot wounds and were in stable condition, the office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">In addition to attempted murder, Mr. Eatherly was charged with employing a firearm during dangerous felony, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">Mr. Eatherly, who is white, has accumulated an online audience by livestreaming confrontations in which he uses racist language toward Black people in public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">Law enforcement did not provide any details about the second man involved in Wednesday\u2019s shooting. Mr. Eatherly posted an audio recording online of paramedics treating his wounds in which he claims he shot the man in self-defense. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">A video posted by the website <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/local\/shots-fired-outside-montgomery-county-courthouse-shooter-in-custody\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Clarksville Now<\/a> shows Mr. Eatherly on a stretcher with a microphone attached to his lapel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">Mr. Eatherly is being held at the Montgomery County Jail, pending arraignment, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">According to court records, Mr. Eatherly was scheduled to appear for a court hearing on Wednesday morning in an unrelated case brought by Midland Credit Management, a collections agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">A lawyer listed in court records from a separate harassment case in which Mr. Eatherly was a defendant in November did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">On Sunday, three days before the shooting in Clarksville, Mr. Eatherly was arrested in Nashville. According to a police affidavit, Mr. Eatherly live streamed his meal at a restaurant, Bob\u2019s Steak and Chop House, on Saturday even though the restaurant had asked him ahead of time not to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">When he was confronted, Mr. Eatherly \u201cbecame disruptive and started making racial statements, yelling, screaming and otherwise creating a scene,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">He then refused to pay for his $370 meal. Mr. Eatherly was charged with theft of services, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. 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