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A staff member at MetroHealth's main campus emergency department holds a container with a bullet inside. The bullet had been found on the floor of the trauma bay where medical personnel had been working to save a man shot multiple times. He died of his wounds. (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media)
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MetroHealth Environmental Services Aid Staley Johnson pushes a cart with cleaning supplies down a hallway in MetroHealth's main campus emergency department. (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media)
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MetroHealth environmental services aid Staley Johnson cleans a trauma bay inside the emergency department at MetroHealth's main campus on Cleveland's West Side. (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media)
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Emergency tools and supplies are seen in a trauma bay at MetroHealth's main campus emergency department. (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media )
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MetroHealth Environmental Services Aid Staley Johnson takes a break during his shift. (Ryan Loew / Ideastream Public Media)
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