Ada Doss, a 27-year-old nurse, was shot and killed on the evening of May 12, 2026, as she left her shift at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A wife and mother to two young daughters, ages seven months and two-and-a-half years old, she was found mortally wounded in the hospital’s south parking lot after a man approached, brandished a handgun, demanded her car keys and attempted to take her purse. Investigators described the killing as a random act of violence. The assailant searched her belongings and got into her vehicle after the shooting.

Responding Tuscaloosa police officers found a suspect, identified as 41-year-old Matthew James Taylor, still armed and only feet from the scene; he was taken into custody. Authorities reported no known connection between Taylor and Doss. Taylor was initially charged with capital murder on robbery grounds; he has a reported long history of severe mental illness and was ordered transferred from the county jail to a secure medical facility for competency evaluations after showing bizarre behavior in custody.

Ada’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming the suspect, the hospital and its security contractor; the civil case was allowed to proceed. If anyone worked at the hospital or was on campus that evening and saw anything, can you share what you remember?