and a consequence. >> reporter: duwan is one of two dozen men in the 18-month-long friendship. the office of neighborhood safety, ons, mostly funded by taxpayers. >> that's our rent, boom. >> people we've spoken to who believe it is wrong to pay a kid not to kill somebody. >> that's not what we do. in fact, i 9 to put his gun down. >> what are you paying him for? >> their job is to get their lives together. >> reporter: devone says incentivizing these young men to change is ultimately more cost effective for everyone. one murder costs nearly $500,000 on average. almost all of it paid by taxpayers. >> i painted all those cabinets -- >> reporter: so far the investment in duwan is paying off. he just got his first on the books paying job. >> when the people come in here black kid from richmond do it, know what i mean? they'd never know. >> reporter: progress for a young man who was first arrested at age 12 for armed robbery. he says he was homeless, stole an iphone to help his single mom pay her bills. he was well known on the streets. >> serial shooter. that's what they would say

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