Suspect identified, charged with manslaughter in bus terminal double shooting

Two weeks after a man and a women were shot across from a bus terminal in downtown Fort Lauderdale, police have arrested a suspect.

Daril Matthews, 22, was arrested Friday and charged with manslaughter, aggravated battery with a firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon. His bond has been set for $130,000.

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Matthews had allegedly gotten into a fight with another man at 18 NW First St. on Friday, Nov. 25., when he pulled out his gun to hit the person he was fighting with in the head and ended up firing it, according to Fort Lauderdale police. The woman and man were “unintended victims,” police said.

The woman, Dawn Unruh, 59, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where she later died. The man was in stable condition. Police did not release his age or identity at the time “due to the status of the investigation,” said Detective Ali Adamson, a spokesperson for Fort Lauderdale police, in a statement.

Police had arrested Matthews twice before in relation to minor offenses. In July 2021, he was charged with cashing a stolen check, but prosecutors dropped the charges, citing no information. In October 2021, Matthews pled no contest after he was charged with petty theft and resisting arrest for stealing a cell phone.