Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder

A 45-year-old Cleveland in the head at her Lakewood apartment after she broke up with him in April pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of attempted murder.

His 63-year-old mother pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for covering for him.

Robert Doss faces 13 years in prison — including a mandatory three-year prison because a gun was used in the crime — at sentencing Aug. 25.

Other charges against him, including felonious assault, were dropped.

The charges stem from a . Doss shot his ex-girlfriend, once behind her left ear in an apartment at 13531 Detroit Avenue.

His mother, Barbara Doss, who lived in the same apartment building as the 39-year-old victim, faces one year in prison. Her sentencing is set for Sept. 19. 

Four months after the shooting, the victim is still recovering from a single gunshot to the head, said Ryan Miday, the spokesman for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.

The bullet entered through her left ear and exited just beneath her eye, leaving her deaf and blind on the left side of her face, he said.

“She was breaking off a relationship with him and (he) became enraged,” Miday said. “At her residence, she thought he was going to punch her and turned away from him. He shot her in the back of the ear.”

The victim was found by emergency rescue crews on the floor of the apartment. She was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, but was able to identify Doss on her way to the hospital.