Livestreamer known for racist videos accused of shooting man outside courthouse

14 May 2026 • 9:29 AM MYT
The Independent
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Livestreamer known for racist videos accused of shooting man outside courthouse

  • Social media influencer Dalton Eatherly, known as “Chud the Builder” and for racist and provocative livestreams, is accused of shooting a man outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Tennessee.
  • Deputies responded to reports of shots fired around 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday, finding two men with gunshot wounds.
  • District Attorney General Robert Nash stated Eatherly opened fire and appeared to have shot himself in the arm during the incident.
  • Eatherly was hospitalized, and the other unidentified man was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
  • The incident follows Eatherly's recent arrest for allegedly refusing to pay a $371 restaurant bill and making racial statements during a livestream.

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