Thursday, May 9, 2024

Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to investigate and recover illegal firearms in Washington D.C. through intelligence-based policing to identify, interdict, and interrupt armed violent offenders within the District. In addition to our patrol officers, members from several of MPD’s specialized units work tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, April 29, 2024, through Monday, May 6, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 44 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:

Monday, April 29, 2024

• A BB gun shotgun was recovered in the 2700 block of Woodley Place, Northwest. CCN: 24-064-214

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 5000 block of Just Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-064-398

• A Kahr Arms 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 6600 block of 14th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 24-064-565

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Juvan Julian Harris, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Fugitive from Justice, and Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device. CCN: 24-064-580

• A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1700 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Damani Lamont Carmon, of Southeast, D.C., for Felon in Possession, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Fugitive from Justice, Possession of an Open Container of Alcohol, and Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device. CCN: 24-064-646

• A Ruger LCP .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 5200 block of East Capitol Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 56-year-old Norman Bernard Bruce, of Northeast, D.C., for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Felony Strangulation, Simple Assault, Felon in Possession, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-064-675

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1200 block of Orren Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-064-775

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