{"id":10170,"date":"2026-04-06T04:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/ex-turnstile-guitarist-arrested-faces-attempted-murder-charge\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:22:37","slug":"ex-turnstile-guitarist-arrested-faces-attempted-murder-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/ex-turnstile-guitarist-arrested-faces-attempted-murder-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Turnstile Guitarist Arrested, Faces Attempted Murder Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tA former guitarist for the band Turnstile has been arrested and charged in Maryland with attempted murder over allegations that he intentionally hit the lead singer\u2019s father with his car.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrady Ebert, who left the band in 2022, was arrested by Maryland police Tuesday (March 31) on charges of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault over the alleged Sunday (March 29) incident, in which singer Brendan Yates\u2019 father, William, was severely injured.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to charging documents obtained by Billboard<\/em>, Ebert showed up at the elder Yates\u2019 Silver Spring home on Sunday and was \u201chonking his horn\u201d and \u201cyelling obscenities.\u201d As the 79-year-old man walked up his driveway, Ebert allegedly accelerated the car and took a sharp turn to strike him with the case. The alleged incident, which left the elder Yates with \u201ctrauma to his lower extremities,\u201d was captured on a neighbor\u2019s surveillance camera, police say.<\/p>\n

\n\tEbert is initially being held without bond. An initial court hearing is set for Thursday (April 2). His attorney declined to comment when reached by Billboard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a lengthy statement to Billboard<\/em> Thursday, Turnstile said it \u201ccut ties\u201d with Ebert in 2022 \u201cin response to a consistent pattern of harmful behavior\u201d and only after \u201cexhausting every available resource to support his access to help and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn the years since, his baseless tirades have continued in public. We never addressed it. We chose to protect his privacy and the circumstances around his departure, even when he did nothing to be deserving of that protection. Over the past few months, his threats only escalated further,\u201d the band said.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurnstile alleged those threats \u201cled to a physical attack\u201d on Sunday in which Ebert \u201cwent to the house of Brendan\u2019s parents and used his vehicle to run over Brendan\u2019s father, causing severe physical trauma.\u201d The band said it was \u201cgrateful that Mr. Yates survived, has successfully undergone surgery, and we\u2019re hoping for the best possible outcome in his recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe have no language left for Brady,\u201d the band continued. \u201cPlease respect our privacy in this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBillboard<\/em> has also asked Ebert\u2019s lawyer for comment on Turnstile\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tFounded in 2010, Turnstile has boomed in recent years \u2014 going from a small Baltimore hardcore band playing basement shows to selling out 13,000-capacity outdoor spaces and landing a prime billing at Coachella. In August, the band scored a No. 1 song on a Billboard<\/em> chart for the first time, topping Alternative Airplay with its \u201cNever Enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEbert was a founding member of the band, but parted ways with the group in 2022. No reason was given at the time, and the band had not commented on his departure until this week\u2019s alleged incident.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to police reports, surveillance footage shows that Ebert arrived at the home as Yates\u2019 daughter and her husband were unloading their children in front of the house. Police say the footage shows that Ebert initially \u201cswerves towards William Yates who backs up in to the driveway to avoid being hit.\u201d Yates then threw a rock, police say, which struck Ebert\u2019s car. The guitarist then allegedly put the car in reverse and drove toward Yates again.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBrady Ebert then places the vehicle in to drive, accelerates quickly and makes a sharp left turn into the driveway striking William Yates who was attempting to run in to the front lawn away from Brady Ebert,\u201d the police report reads. \u201cBrady Ebert continues driving into the front lawn, makes a sharp right turn towards Erin Gerber who is holding her 3-year-old son, crosses the driveway and drives across the other side of the front lawn fleeing the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPolice say Yates told detectives at the hospital that Ebert had been \u201ccausing issues\u201d with the family ever since he was removed from Turnstile; he claimed the former member had been \u201ctaunting them for a long time, but that his behavior had been escalating,\u201d including another incident earlier in March in which Ebert also allegedly drove at Yates and \u201cnarrowly missed striking him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPolice say Yates told them that during Sunday\u2019s alleged incident, he \u201cfeared for his life.\u201d And after the alleged attack, as he lie wounded on the ground, he claimed to police that Ebert had actually \u201creturned to the scene\u201d and yelled that he \u201cdeserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n


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