JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A dozen young men identified by police as at-risk youths later died violently.
The young men were part of a 2005 to 2009 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office database of 1,000 juvenile offenders.
JSO identified a group of children, between ages 10 and 15, as troubled youth. Of those, 12 ended up dead years later, most by gunfire.
Their deaths helped inspire Operation PIE, a collaborative initiative Sheriff John Rutherford announced last month in an effort to combat youth violence.
Operation PIE stands for Prevention, Intervention, and Enforcement.
IMAGES: 8 who died after life of crime
Jacksonville Sheriff's officers are collaborating with community pastors to target and mentor young men and provide them a healthy environment to transition out of trouble before they make a similar list to the one below:
Marquise Yates, 21, was shot and killed by homeowners in August of last year when he broke into their Arlington home.
JSO officers shot and killed Homer Warren -- also 21 -- in March 2014 while he was stealing a car.
At the same age, in January of last year, Emanuel Robinson was shot to death in a dispute.
Juan Shanks, 25, was killed in a drive-by shooting.
And 18-year-old Dante Steele was shot and killed in a street robbery in January 2013.
In July 2013, 23-year-old Kevin Jones was found shot to death in his car.
A Fort Caroline homeowner killed 20-year-old Lawrence Franklin while he was breaking into a house in June 2013.
That same month, 18-year-old Shea Aftoora killed himself.
Police officers killed 23-year-old John Parker in a shootout in February 2013.
Jacolby Donaldson, 21, died in December 2013.
The year before, in March, 22-year-old Bradley Jackson was shot dead in a dispute.
And 19-year-old Terrell Holsey was shot dead in a street fight in January 2011.
"I am deeply grieved because chances are none of these young men needed to die or should have died, and at the end of the day, this is a statement that we have a lot of work to do as a city," said Bishop John Guns, senior pastor of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of Jacksonville. "Truthfully, we have to teach again the value of human life."
Guns said there is a heightened level of fear in the city, but he stopped short of saying the city has become a war zone.
He said to reach children at a young age, so they don't end up on a similar list, it takes a community effort.
"I think ultimately you do that through schools," Guns said. "I think you also do that by getting in the community. At the end of the day, this is about relationships, and most of these young men, if not all of them, had a relationship with someone who created an environment that put them in these moments.
"You can't save someone you're scared of, and so we need some courageous people who take ownership of their destiny."
That's why JSO and pastors put Operation PIE into place.
Parents of at-risk kids are encouraged to call St. Paul MBC or a church in their area and tell the pastor, "My child needs help. He needs to be impacted."
The pastors involved in Operation PIE want young people to understand that police officers are not their enemies and the faith-based community really cares and wants them to make a difference.