Brady Ebert, a former guitarist and founding member of the rock band Turnstile, was arrested Tuesday on charges of one count of attempted second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault.
The musician allegedly hit frontman Brendan Yates’ father, William Yates, with his car in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to a press release from the Montgomery County Police Department.
The alleged assailant is currently being held without bail at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 1, according to jail records.
According to a press release, 4th District police officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to a “reported hit-and-run collision” in Silver Spring last Sunday at 4:41 p.m.
They discovered Ebert, 33, “got into an argument with a 78-year-old neighbor in the neighbor’s driveway,” which resulted in the musician allegedly hitting William with his 2001 Buick. The former Turnstile rocker then allegedly left the scene without contacting 911 or providing necessary assistance.
According to the statement, the victim suffered serious injuries including a broken leg. He was taken to a local hospital following the incident.
Detectives then searched the area and found Evert’s abandoned vehicle, along with surveillance footage that “captured the hit-and-run accident,” and issued a warrant for his arrest. They found Evert around 1:03 p.m. Tuesday and took him into custody.
Page Six has reached out to Evert’s attorney and Turnstile for comment.
After the news broke, the band, known for hits like “Never Enough” and “Mystery,” released a lengthy statement explaining that they would “cut ties” with Evert in 2022 in response to a “consistent pattern of toxic behavior” that affected him, the band, and the community.
“After exhausting all available resources to support his access to help and recovery, boundaries finally had to be set when healthy communication was no longer possible and he began making threats of violence,” the statement, obtained by multiple news outlets, said.
“In the years since then, his baseless rants have continued in public. We never addressed it. We chose to protect his privacy and the circumstances of his departure, even though he had done nothing worthy of protection. Over the past few months, his threats have only escalated further.”
The band, which includes Franz Lyons, Daniel Fang, Pat McCrory and Meg Mills, went on to describe the “severe physical trauma” faced by Brendan’s father during the alleged physical assault.
“We are grateful that Mr. Yates survived and the surgery was successful, and we wish him the best in his recovery,” they concluded in a statement. “We have no words left for Brady. Please respect our privacy at this time.”
Since Evert helped form Turnstyle in 2010, the Baltimore rock group has released four studio albums.
He appeared on Turnstyle’s first three albums, 2015’s Nonstop Feeling, 2018’s Time & Space, and 2021’s Glow On, before leaving in 2022.
In 2025, the band released their successful comeback album Never Enough, which won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (and Best Metal Performance for the song “Birds”).
Meanwhile, Ebert started playing with The SET, a new band he helped form, earlier this year. They released their first single titled “TMT” on January 26th.
