Friday, August 30, 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, August 19, 2024, through Monday, August 26, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 53 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, August 19, 2024

• A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2500 block of 14th Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-127-634

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

• A Springfield Armory 1911 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 5000 block of Call Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Kemoine McKinney, of Southeast, D.C., for Felon in Possession, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Receiving Stolen Property. CCN: 24-128-118

• A Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1700 block of North Capitol Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-128-279

• A Smith & Wesson M&P40 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3900 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 27-year-old Jacob Elijah Tallington, of Towson, MD, and 32-year-old Damani Antwan Butler, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Resisting Arrest, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-128-302

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

• A Taurus 9mm caliber handgun, a Stoeger Arms 9mm caliber handgun, a Del-ton semi-automatic rifle, and a Freedom Arms semi-automatic rifle were recovered in the 1100 block of Third Street, Southwest. CCN: 24-128-339

• A General Precision 20 .22 caliber rifle, a “Ghost Gun” handgun, and a Makarov .380 caliber revolver (all pictured below) were recovered in the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 38-year-old Jeffrey Lorenzo Edmonds, of Southeast, D.C., 30-year-old Derek Prince, of Southeast, D.C., 30-year-old Raymond John Taylor, of Southeast, D.C., 33-year-old Cody Hartsfield, of Northeast, D.C., and 37-year-old Ozell Jamaal Wimbush, of Temple Hills, MD, for Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Theft, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-128-367

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