The Rev. Jerry McAfee, the north Minneapolis pastor who made threatening statements last month to Minneapolis City Council members, could get a new one-year city contract of nearly $650,000 to interrupt violence.

The situation became more complicated Friday when one of McAfee’s 21 Days of Peace violence interrupter workers was arrested for reckless endangerment in connection with an incident Monday in north Minneapolis where he was shot, McAfee told the Minnesota Star Tribune.

According to a police report, the 35-year-old man fired back when he was shot after helping serve a 21 Days of Peace meal near 36th and Penn avenues. He was wearing a bulletproof vest, McAfee said, and struck by bullets after people came out from behind bushes and began shooting at 21 Days of Peace workers.

Violence interrupters working for the city aren’t allowed to be armed, McAfee said. But they were working on a state contract, had logged off for the day and the man was carrying a legal firearm, he said. McAfee said he went with him Friday to give police a statement, and the violence interrupter ended up in jail.

“I know he shot back, but let me ask you a question: If somebody is shooting at you, hit you and you got a gun, what you gonna do?” McAfee said.

McAfee’s Salem Inc. now is on a list of six nonprofits chosen by Neighborhood Safety for violence interruption contracts under a program called MinneapolUS. The one-year contracts come with a two-year renewal option but they must first get City Council approval, which should make for an interesting debate given McAfee’s remarks to the council last month.