Wednesday, May 5, 2021 

(Washington, DC) – Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to recover and investigate illegal firearms in Washington D.C. In addition to our patrol officers, the Department has specialized units—such as the Gun Recovery Unit (GRU), Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU), and Crime Suppression Teams (CSTs)—who work tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, April 26, 2021, through Monday, May 3, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 33 firearms in the District of Columbia. 

Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all guns recovered in the District of Columbia.

Among the firearms recovered were:

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

• A Springfield Armory XD45 ACP .45 caliber handgun and a Glock 42 .380 (both pictured below) were recovered in the 3000 block of 30th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 24-year-old Anthony Bailey, of no fixed address, for Felon in Possession, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. CCN: 21-053-403

• A Taurus G2C .380 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 900 block of Wahler Place, Southeast. CCN: 21-053-416