Friday, August 27, 2021

(Washington, DC) – 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, August 16, 2021, through Monday, August 23, 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, August 17, 2021

• A Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3500 block of 14thPlace, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Melvin Johnson, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Felon in Possession, National Firearms Act, and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed. CCN: 21-116-105

• A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Skyland Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 22-year-old Jaziah Morse, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol outside a Home or Business, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-116-123

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Demetrius Valdez Johnson, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon in Possession, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 21-116-174

• A Norinco SKS 7.62x39 caliber assault rifle and a Forehand & Wadsworth .38 caliber revolver were recovered in the 700 block of 7th Street, Southeast. The following people were recovered: 38-year-old Joshua Allen Pruitt, of Northwest, D.C., 30-year-old Brandon Willis, of Beltsville, MD, and 39-year-old Terrance Lancaster Washington, of Capitol Heights, MD, for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Failure to Appear, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed. CCN: 21-116-228

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost gun” handgun was recovered in the 1300 block of Longfellow Street, Northwest. CCN: 21-116-293