Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert has been arrested for hitting lead singer Brendan Yates’ father with a car, resulting in severe injuries to both of his legs. The 33-year-old musician, who left Turnstile in 2022, was taken in custody yesterday (April 1) on attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault; a bail hearing is scheduled for later today.
According to local reports, police responded to a Silver Spring, Md., home on March 29, where they discovered 79-year-old William Yates in the front yard with “trauma to his lower extremities.” His family members told police Ebert had driven to the house, honked his horn and yelled profanities before striking the elder Yates with his car, an incident apparently captured on surveillance video.
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Yates spoke with police at the hospital and said Ebert had harassed he and his family on several occasions since exiting Turnstile, including an incident earlier in March when he pulled up alongside Yates in the neighborhood and narrowly missed hitting him with his car.
Ebert co-founded Turnstile in 2010 with Yates, bassist Franz Lyons and drummer Daniel Fang, with Pat McCrory joining in 2015 as a rhythm guitarist and eventually taking over lead duties. The group has exploded in popularity over the past five years on won two Grammys in February for its 2025 album NEVER ENOUGH.
“Turnstile cut ties with Brady Ebert in 2022 in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behavior affecting himself, the band and the community,” Turnstile said in a statement.”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.
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.”
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