A former guitarist for the hardcore band Turnstile has been arrested and charged in Maryland with attempted murder over allegations that he intentionally hit the lead singer’s father with his car.

Brady Ebert, who left the band in 2022, was arrested by Maryland police Wednesday (April 1) on charges of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault over the alleged Sunday (March 29) incident, in which singer Brendan Yates’ father, William, was severely injured.

According to charging documents obtained by Billboard, Ebert showed up at the elder Yates’ Silver Spring home on Sunday and was “honking his horn” and “yelling obscenities.” 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 “trauma to his lower extremities,” was captured on a neighbor’s surveillance camera, police say.

Ebert 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.

In a lengthy statement to Billboard Thursday, Turnstile said it “cut ties” with Ebert in 2022 “in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behavior” and only after “exhausting every available resource to support his access to help and recovery.”

“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 said.

Turnstile alleged those threats “led to a physical attack” on Sunday in which Ebert “went to the house of Brendan’s parents and used his vehicle to run over Brendan’s father, causing severe physical trauma.” The band said it was “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,” the band continued. “Please respect our privacy in this time.”

Billboard has also asked Ebert’s lawyer for comment on Turnstile’s statement.

Founded in 2010, Turnstile has boomed in recent years — 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 chart for the first time, topping Alternative Airplay with its “Never Enough.”

Ebert 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’s alleged incident.

According to police reports, surveillance footage shows that Ebert arrived at the home as Yates’ daughter and her husband were unloading their children in front of the house. Police say the footage shows that Ebert initially “swerves towards William Yates who backs up in to the driveway to avoid being hit.” Yates then threw a rock, police say, which struck Ebert’s car. The guitarist then allegedly put the car in reverse and drove toward Yates again.

“Brady 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,” the police report reads. “Brady 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.”

Police say Yates told detectives at the hospital that Ebert had been “causing issues” with the family ever since he was removed from Turnstile; he claimed the former member had been “taunting them for a long time, but that his behavior had been escalating,” including another incident earlier in March in which Ebert also allegedly drove at Yates and “narrowly missed striking him.”

Police say Yates told them that during Sunday’s alleged incident, he “feared for his life.” And after the alleged attack, as he lie wounded on the ground, he claimed to police that Ebert had actually “returned to the scene” and yelled that he “deserved it.”