CLEVELAND, Ohio – Early on the morning of July 12, a young woman walked into MetroHealth Medical Center’s emergency room, bleeding from the face after being pistol-whipped at a gas station.
Her brother met her with a hug and assured her that he would retaliate. Moments later, Jeff Crosby, a violence interrupter for the Cleveland Peacekeepers Alliance, stepped in to prevent that.
Amid Cleveland’s most violent months, the hospital emergency room has become a place that not only treats victims of violence but also works to prevent more crimes from occurring…