Terrence Du’Rell Henderson, a 25-year-old Black male, was killed on April 20, 2014, at The Playhouse Gentlemen’s Club in Kendall, Miami-Dade County. The confrontation began after Colin Matthews taunted a rival with his lyrics; that provoked a physical altercation. Security initially broke up the fight and ejected people, but Colin’s sister, Kimberly Matthews, allegedly retrieved a firearm from her car and returned. When Henderson and others approached, another fight broke out and Kimberly Matthews discharged the weapon, striking Henderson. He was taken to the Trauma Center at Kendall Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

Witnesses at the club detained Kimberly Matthews, a 30-year-old Black female, until police arrived; she was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. Her defense invoked Florida’s Stand Your Ground statute and a Miami-Dade Circuit judge, Rodolfo Ruiz, later ruled that she believed firing was necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm, resulting in dismissal of the murder charge. The case raises questions about the application of Stand Your Ground in deadly-force disputes.