White streamer says he shot Black man in self-defense after his racial insult led to fight

A popular white livestreamer who goes by the name "Chud the Builder" said that he shot a Black man after an altercation over racial slurs.

The reported shooting comes a day after the streamer, 28-year-old Dalton Eatherly, was arrested in Nashville because he allegedly refused to pay for dinner following the restaurant's demand that he not livestream.

An arrest warrant stated that Eatherly became disruptive and used racial slurs. The streamer explained his side of the incident on his X account.

"I was wrongly arrested after a restaurant who had 'ChudTheBuilder' written down at the host stand before I ever walked in the door, conspired to have me charged," he wrote. "I was interviewed by the feds and bank account frozen. All electronic devices seized, as well as my firearm. The police cleared my multi-factor authentication keys after they took all my items so now I can't sign into any of my iCloud or any other accounts."

"It's not illegal for White people to say the same word they say to each other," he added.

On Wednesday, a live stream captured someone who appeared to be Eatherly telling the police that he shot someone while leaving the courthouse.

"I walked up to him because they were pointing at me. They were laughing, they were pointing at me. And I said, what's up, guys?" the man told police. "He said, walk away from me. I walked away from him. He came back up to me. He literally said, I have PTSD, I feel like I'm in, he said, you start saying all that 'chimp out' s— to me, I'm gonna hit you, he hit me, started wailing on me, even after I had to defend myself by shooting him. He's still wailing on me."

According to reports, Eatherly also grazed himself in the shooting.