Two violence interrupters charged in Minneapolis shooting

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…

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