Two men who have worked as violence interrupters in Minneapolis have been charged for their alleged involvement in gunfire that erupted last week during a backyard barbecue.
Kashmir Khaliffa McReynolds, 35, and Alvin Anthony Watkins Jr., 50, are both charged with reckless discharge of a firearm within city limits. McReynolds is charged with illegally giving a firearm to a convicted felon, and Watkins is charged with being a felon in illegal possession of a firearm.
Both are identified in court documents as “working for a community group as armed security.” It has since been reported that both have worked for the violence interruption group 21 Days of Peace…