A controversial livestreamer known for spewing racial slurs on camera allegedly shot a man during a chaotic confrontation outside of a Tennessee courthouse on Wednesday afternoon.
Montgomery County District Attorney General Robert Nash said that Dalton Eatherly, better known as “Chud the Builder” online, opened fire during a dispute at the courthouse around 1:15 p.m. local time, ClarksvilleNow reported.
Nash told the publication that the victim was medically evacuated by LifeFlight.
Eatherly, 28, also suffered what’s been described as a “graze” wound and Nash said it appears he accidentally shot himself during the dispute.
The influencer admitted to shooting an unidentified victim on his livestream, arguing he did so in self-defense.
Eatherly said that the man threatened to hit him if he started boasting the racist ideologies that are a hallmark of his channel.
“He hit me, he started wailing on me, even after I had to defend myself by shooting him, he’s still wailing on me,” Eatherly recounted to emergency responders on his livestream.
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.
“I wish he had just walked away, man,” he added.