MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: August 23, 2021 to Monday August 30, 2021

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Thursday, September 2, 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 23, 2021, through Monday, August 30, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 43 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 23, 2021

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 2100 block of H Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Kurron Gary, of Ft. Washington, MD, 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: 21-118-968

  • A Glock 23 9mm caliber handgun and a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun were recovered in the 1800 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 25-year-old David Anthony Curtis, of Suitland, MD, and 24-year-old Khaliq Omari Harris, of Owings Mills, MD, for Carrying a Pistol outside a Home or Business, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. CCN: 21-119-075

  • A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 400 block of E Street, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 22-year-old Damien White, of Northeast, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Entry, Simple Assault, Threats to Do Bodily Harm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-119-076

  • A Ruger 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of 35thStreet, 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: 21-119-187

  • A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 600 block of Indiana Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 41-year-old Leroy Mathew Fykes, III, of Northwest, D.C., for Possession of a Firearm in a Federal Court Facility and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-119-293

  • A Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4300 block of 3rd Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Markell Clark, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. CCN: 21-119-606

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