Racist streamer “Chud the Builder” has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting someone who confronted him outside a Tennessee courthouse, officials said.
The streamer — real name Dalton Eatherly, 28 — shot an unidentified man during a fight Wednesday outside of the courthouse in Clarksville, according to District Attorney Robert J. Nash, who said Chud also accidentally shot himself during the fracas.
Eatherly, who amassed an online following by filming himself spewing vile racial slurs to get reactions, was in court for a civil case over unpaid debts, just days after he was arrested for skipping out on a $400 restaurant bill while refusing to stop streaming.
He livestreamed from the shooting scene, blaming his gunfire on the other man — who was black, according to witnesses — confronting him over his vile online content.
He said the man and others were “laughing” as he walked by — and threatened to hit him if he started spouting his racist ideologies.
“He said, ‘You start saying all that chimp out s–t to me and ‘imma hit you,’ and he hit me, he started whaling on me,” Eatherly, who has multiple videos online referring to black people as chimps, said in the video, CNN reported.
Then, Eatherly bizarrely tried to pin blame on “rich people” goading strangers into harming him. “They’re all publicly saying ‘if y’all assault this guy, we’ll make you rich’. The f–k,” he said.
The victim was medically evacuated by LifeFlight and is recovering in stable condition, officials said.
Eatherly also suffered what’s been described as a “graze” wound on his arm and Nash said it appears he accidentally shot himself during the fracas. He was detained at the scene.
He’s additionally been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, officials said. He’s being held at the Montgomery County jail until bond will be set at an arraignment hearing, according to the county sheriff’s office.
In his livestream, he insisted he shot in self-defense.
Montgomery County Sheriff John Fuson said that “this kind of violence won’t be tolerated, and our office will work to make sure those responsible are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
The mustached antagonist was supposed to appear at court on Wednesday afternoon for a civil case, where he is being sued by a debt and credit collector, according to court documents obtained by ClarksvilleNow.
Just last Friday, the self-described “free-speech patriot” was arrested for allegedly harassing strangers at an upscale steakhouse in Nashville.
He reportedly began shouting racial slurs at the restaurant before announcing he would not pay his $400 bill even after polishing off the entire meal.
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