Livestreamer known for posting racist content faces attempted murder charge after shooting outside courthouse | CNN

A livestreamer known for posting controversial videos using racial slurs toward Black people and other minorities is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, after a shooting in front of a Tennessee courthouse Wednesday, officials said. The shooting happened during a confrontation between Dalton Eatherly, who goes by Chud the Builder online, and another man, who authorities have not identified, outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, the Tennessee District Attorney General’s Office said. Both men were shot and taken to nearby hospitals where they were in stable condition as of early Wednesday evening, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Officials did not provide a description of the victims, but a witness who said she saw the other man being loaded into the ambulance described him as Black to the Associated Press. It’s unclear how the shooting unfolded or what led up to it, but “two adult males” were detained by deputies following what the sheriff’s office said was an altercation that escalated. Several hours later after an investigation, the sheriff’s office said, Eatherly was detained by criminal investigators and charge

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