Brady Ebert, who is a founding member of Grammy Award-winning band Turnstile, has been arrested on an attempted second-degree murder charge as he allegedly drove a car into the father of his ex-bandmate.
According to police records obtained by the Daily Mail, the 33-year-old guitarist was taken into custody on Tuesday, March 31 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
In addition to the attempted murder claim, the musician was also charged with one count of assault in relation to an incident on Sunday, March 29.
It has since been revealed that Ebert is accused of hitting Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates’ father William with his vehicle and ‘leaving him with severe trauma to both of his legs,’ according to The Baltimore Banner.
Montgomery County Police were called to a home where they found William in the front ‘with trauma to his lower extremities’ as he was promptly taken to a medical center.
Family members had told detectives on the scene that Ebert had first honked his horn and yelled obscenities in front of the property before returning and hitting William with his car in the driveway.
Brady Ebert, who is a founding member of Grammy Award winning band Turnstile, has been arrested on an attempted second-degree murder charge as he allegedly drove a car into the father of his ex-bandmate (he is pictured performing in Sacramento in November 2021)
It has since been revealed that Ebert is accused of hitting Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates’ father William with his vehicle and ‘leaving him with severe trauma to both of his legs,’ according to The Baltimore Banner (Ebert and Yates are seen in March 2022)
It is also alleged that there is surveillance video of the attack which was obtained by police according to The Baltimore Banner.
Turnstile released a biting statement to Rolling Stone on Thursday which read: ‘Turnstile cut ties with Brady Ebert in 2022 in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behavior affecting himself, the band, and the community.
‘After exhausting every available resource to support his access to help and recovery, a boundary ultimately had to be set when healthy communication was no longer possible and he began threatening violence.
‘In 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.’
The band – known for their hit SEEIN’ STARS – continued the statement by detailing the recent alleged incident, revealing William has undergone surgery, and ending it by saying there is nothing left for them to say about their former guitarist.
The Baltimore natives continued: ‘This past week, that violence led to a physical attack when Brady went to the house of Brendan’s parents and used his vehicle to run over Brendan’s father, causing severe physical trauma. We are grateful that Mr. Yates survived, has successfully undergone surgery, and we’re hoping for the best possible outcome in his recovery.
‘We have no language left for Brady. Please respect our privacy in this time.’
Ebert made his first appearance in court on Wednesday, April 1 and is being held without bail.
Turnstile released a biting statement to Rolling Stone on Thursday which read: ‘Turnstile cut ties with Brady Ebert in 2022 in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behavior affecting himself, the band, and the community’
The band fronted by Brendan Yates (pictured in February) continued the statement by detailing the recent alleged incident, revealing Yates’ father William has undergone surgery, and ending it by saying there is nothing left for them to say about their former guitarist
Turnstile members seen left to right during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in March 2022: Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Ebert, and Yates
He was one of the founding members of Baltimore hardcore punk band Turnstile, who formed in 2010, and left the band 12 years later in 2022 just as they were making their ascent into the mainstream. The act recently earned their first two Grammy Awards earlier this year.
Leading up to the alleged incident, the guitarist has worried fans with his social media behavior in recent months – including what Turnstile described as ‘baseless tirades’ in their statement – and was even kicked out of his new band The S.E.T. weeks before the release of their debut EP titled Self Evident Truth.
Back in February The S.E.T. took to Instagram to announce: ‘Brady is no longer a member of THE S.E.T.
‘We will not stand by his ridiculous comments and behavior toward the members of our band and our community. We will continue to put on for Baltimore hardcore and thank everyone for their support.’
Before that Ebert had posted several inflammatory statements about his former band Turnstile on social media even going as far as dropping major claims against individual members.
The most notable was when he had accused his former band of misusing funds from a charity show when he was still part of it.
Turnstile had posted a graphic reading ‘abolish ICE,’ in reference to US federal law enforcement agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which was then reposted by journalist Jesea Lee.
‘No one in Turnstile cares at all about ethics or social issues in general, Ebert replied to Lee as claimed his former band were ‘just pandering to their audience.’
According to police records obtained by the Daily Mail, the 33-year-old guitarist (pictured in Chicago in September 2019) was taken into custody on Tuesday, March 31 in Montgomery County, Maryland
In addition to the attempted murder claim, the musician (pictured in London back in December 2015) was also charged with one count of assault in relation to an incident on Sunday, March 29
Ebert has worried fans with his social media behavior in recent months including several inflammatory statements about his former band Turnstile
Ebert was later permanently replaced by British musician Meg Mills (seen performing in Paraguay last month)
Turnstile has reached plenty of success since Ebert’s departure as they earned Best Metal Performance for their song Birds and Best Rock Album for Never Enough at the Grammy Awards in February
He went on to allege that frontman Brendan Yates had stolen money from the charity gig which claimed ‘all proceeds go to healthcare for the homeless.’
Ebert and Yates – who is also the drummer of Trapped Under Ice – originally formed the band over a decade-and-a-half ago with Franz Lyons, Daniel Fang, and Sean Cullen. In 2015, Cullen was replaced by Pat McCrory of another Baltimore band called Angel Du$t.
Ebert was credited as an essential part of Turnstile’s sound as his guitar rifts set the tone for the act especially in the early days which was louder and more aggressive.
Back in August 2022, Turnstile announced: ‘Turnstile and Brady Ebert are parting ways. We are deeply grateful for our time together. Our love for him continues and we wish him nothing but the best moving forward.’
He was later permanently replaced by British musician Meg Mills.
Turnstile has reached plenty of success since Ebert’s departure as they earned Best Metal Performance for their song Birds and Best Rock Album for Never Enough at the Grammy Awards in February.
Never Enough was a critical and commercial success for the band as it was a constant on several ‘best of 2025’ lists in addition to peaking at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200.