A livestreamer known for posting videos with racist content online appeared in court Friday morning on charges including attempted murder after he shot a man outside a Tennessee courthouse, according to authorities.
Dalton Eatherly – who goes by “Chud the Builder” online – got into an argument with another man, identified by officials as Joshua Fox, outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville Wednesday afternoon, according to an arrest warrant.
Eatherly, 28, turned his body “in a bladed stance” toward Fox and reached for a firearm in his jacket pocket, after which a “physical altercation” happened, the warrant said. Eatherly fired his weapon and Fox was struck multiple times, according to the document.
Fox, who is Black, is a disabled veteran and “a loving father of three amazing children whose life has been severely impacted by this injustice,” his mother Carolyn Smith said.
The livestreamer now faces additional charges including employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.
During his arraignment and bond hearing, General Session Court Judge Reid Poland III set a $1.25 million bond, “based upon the fact of how many people were in the courtyard over here at the courthouse and the seriousness of all these felonies.”
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Attempted criminal homicide carries a possible sentence of 15 to 60 years in a Tennessee state penitentiary, the judge said.
Eatherly’s track record on social media reveals a history of posting videos of him using racial slurs toward Black people and other minorities, including at least one instance of using force against a Black person. The streamer often refers to Black people as chimps in his online videos.
After Wednesday’s shooting, Eatherly livestreamed himself speaking to first responders. He recounted walking past a group of people who Eatherly said were “laughing” and “pointing at me.” Eatherly said he was told to walk away by one unidentified man in the group, who then approached Eatherly, saying, “I have PTSD.”
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