THE ANNOUNCEMENT
A Maryland judge didn't clear Brady Ebert of anything — she ruled the former Turnstile guitarist currently can't understand the attempted murder case against him ***. Judge Karla Smith called him a danger to himself and others, ordered him into state health custody, and had officers remove him after he shouted through the proceeding *§**. The trial set for Oct. 5 is off the calendar §.
THE DETAILS
- Ruling came Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Montgomery County Circuit Court; Ebert, 34, went into Maryland Department of Health custody ***.
- He's accused of striking William Yates, 79 — singer Brendan Yates' father — with a car outside his home in March, causing severe trauma to both legs *§**.
- A grand jury upgraded the charge in May to attempted first-degree murder, which carries a possible life sentence *.
- Competency gets reassessed at a Jan. 19 hearing *§**.
- Attorney Mark Sobel requested the evaluation: "Hopefully, he'll get the proper treatment for his competency to be restored, so we can proceed to trial" *.
- Ebert says "I did not commit a crime" * and called the ruling "an extreme miscarriage of justice" *§.
- Turnstile cut ties in 2022 over "a consistent pattern of harmful behavior affecting himself, the band, and the community" *§.
WHY IT MATTERS
Read the headlines and it sounds like something concluded — nothing did; this case is paused, not resolved *¶. The strange part is the timing: Turnstile play SNL Oct. 3 and wrap their North American run Oct. 18, the same weeks their founding guitarist was supposed to be on trial §.