Nurse Makes Heartbreaking Final Plea Before Murder

An Alabama nurse and young mother was on the phone with her husband, talking about dinner plans and their two little girls, when her ordinary walk to the parking lot allegedly turned into a nightmare.

Ada Doss, 27, had just finished her shift at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa on May 12 when she was allegedly shot and killed by 41-year-old Matthew James Taylor in the hospital’s south parking lot.

Now, a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her husband is revealing the heartbreaking final moments before the beloved nurse, wife and mother was killed.

According to the complaint filed in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court, Ada was speaking with her husband, Andrew Doss, as she headed to her car after work. The couple was reportedly chatting about their day, what they would eat for dinner and the routines for their two young daughters, ages 6 months and 2 years old.

Then everything changed.

The lawsuit says Taylor approached Ada with a gun, and her voice suddenly became filled with “fear and panic.”

Seconds before she was killed, Ada allegedly pleaded for her life.

“Please don’t, I have babies,” she said, according to the filing.

Her husband allegedly heard those devastating last words over the phone.

Ada, a registered nurse, had spent her career caring for patients at the Tuscaloosa hospital. The complaint describes her as someone who was “devoting her life to providing healthcare” before her life was violently taken in the parking lot where she worked.

The lawsuit, filed by Andrew Doss, names DCH Healthcare Authority, Allied Universal Security Services and Taylor as defendants. It claims security failures and hospital negligence helped lead to Ada’s death.

According to the complaint, Taylor had been brought to the hospital’s emergency room earlier that day by an unidentified person who reported that he was having a manic episode. The lawsuit alleges he was then allowed to leave the ER and wander around the hospital campus for hours, even though he was allegedly shirtless, shoeless, acting erratically and armed.

The lawsuit claims hospital security personnel were told about Taylor’s behavior but failed to properly assess the threat or find him before the fatal shooting.

Authorities previously said Taylor had been “loitering” around the DCH campus for several hours before Ada was killed. Investigators also said he allegedly tried to rob another woman in her car at gunpoint, demanding she get out of the vehicle. That woman was able to drive away.

Taylor then allegedly turned his attention to Ada.

Police said Taylor tried to steal Ada’s purse and, after allegedly shooting her, went through her belongings, took her keys and attempted to take her car. When officers arrested him, he was still armed and only feet away from Ada’s body, according to police.

Investigators have said Taylor showed signs of mental illness and did not know Ada before the shooting.

He has been charged with capital murder and has remained in the Tuscaloosa County Jail since the day Ada was killed.

In a separate lawsuit filed by Taylor’s mother, Amanda Taylor, she claimed her son has suffered from serious mental illness since childhood and had been in and out of mental health institutions throughout his life, including facilities owned and operated by DCH.

That lawsuit claims Taylor was in the middle of an “acute and severe mental health crisis” on the day of the shooting and had been brought to the hospital for emergency psychiatric treatment. It alleges the hospital refused to admit him.

According to that filing, Taylor remained on or near the hospital campus for hours while experiencing confusion, irrational behavior and a severe psychiatric crisis. The lawsuit also claims he had obtained an improperly secured firearm, though it does not explain how.

Ada’s death has left behind a grieving husband and two daughters who will grow up without their mother.

In the wrongful death complaint, she is remembered as a “beloved nurse, wife, and mother” whose life was stolen just steps away from the hospital where she had dedicated herself to helping others.

Allied Universal Security Services told the Daily Mail it does not comment on pending litigation. The Daily Mail also reported that it reached out to attorneys for Andrew Doss, Taylor and DCH Health Care Authority for comment.