Live-streamer Chud the Builder Shot Man Outside Tennessee Courthouse Following Verbal Altercation
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Last week, Chud the Builder, an ostentatious live-streamer who revels in using the N-word and incendiary racist phrases, shot a man multiple times outside a Tennessee courthouse. The 28-year-old streamer, whose real name is Dalton Eatherly, is in custody as he faces an attempted murder charge, among other felonies, although the arrest seems to have only boosted his brand among his audience. He has not yet entered a plea.
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NewsweekA fundraiser for racist streamer Dalton Eatherly, who goes by the name "Chud the Builder," has raised more than $130,000 following his arrest on an attempted murder charge.
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The fundraiser was set up by Eatherly, who is known for livestreams in which he makes racially derogatory statements toward Black people in public spaces, and was shared on his X account in November 2025.
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Rolling Stone CultureHis online presence grew as he continued to film himself antagonizing Black people in public, claiming that it was his First Amendment right to call people racist names, often flashing his gun when people reacted with anger. Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher of online extremism at the Counterextremism Project, calls him a ragebaiting streamer, or simply an outrage merchant. “He’s trying to build this following by angering people,” Fisher-Birch tells Rolling Stone. “He’s yelling racist statements, being a racist public nuisance in the hopes that this will lead to positive financial contributions.”
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What happened with the shooting? In the early afternoon on May 13, Eatherly got into a “verbal altercation” with a man named Joshua Fox outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, Tennessee, according to a warrant obtained by Rolling Stone. During the exchange, Eatherly “turned his body in a bladed stance towards Mr. Fox and reached for his firearm located in his right jacket pocket.” Eatherly allegedly began firing, hitting Fox multiple times. Fox survived, but had to be airlifted to a hospital for emergency surgery. Surveillance footage also showed a “projectile” ricocheting off walls in the courtyard, with several bystanders present, the warrant stated.
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NewsweekEatherly was involved in a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse on Wednesday. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday that he had been arrested and charged with attempted murder.
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Seattle police are searching for a suspect after a University of Washington student was found dead inside a school‑affiliated apartment building on Sunday night, prompting a temporary shelter‑in‑place order for residents. Officers responded to Nordheim Court around 10:10 p.m. and discovered the victim — believed to be a 19‑year‑old transgender woman, according to Seattle Police Detective Eric Muñoz — in a laundry room inside the complex.
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01 Rolling Stone Culture Who is Chud? Before he allegedly caused a man to be airlifted to a hospital for emergency surgery, Eatherly was what some call a nuisance streamer. Eatherly’s journey seemingly began around early 2025 after he called a Black woman the N-word in a road-rage incident, and her daughter took his picture and posted it online.
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02 Washington Times Culture MEMPHIS, Tenn, — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on Friday in the shooting death of Young Dolph during a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery, marking an end to courtroom battles stemming from the rapper and music label owner’s shocking killing in his hometown more than four years ago.
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03 Newsweek Public outcry over a viral video appearing to show three women yell a racial slur has led to widespread backlash, a university investigation and seen two of the individuals fired from their jobs.
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04 Breitbart Entertainment The Sheriff’s Office is investigating a student at Freedom High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, who allegedly covertly recorded other students in a restroom on campus.
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