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MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: August 26 to September 2, 2024

Friday, September 6, 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 26, 2024, through Monday, September 2, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 25 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 27, 2024

  • A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun and a Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 1900 block of Marion Barry Avenue, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 31-year-old Monricko Clark, of Southeast, D.C., and 20-year-old Jason Bell, of Southeast, D.C., for Unlawful Entry, Felon in Possession, Unlawful Discarding Firearms/Ammunition, Prohibited Possession of Certain Dangerous Weapons, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-132-209

 

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

  • A Canik SFX Rival 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Wagner Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Demarco Jamal Hayes, of Southeast, D.C., for Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Assault with Intent to Kill, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-132-397

  • A BB gun was recovered in the 1700 block of R Street, Southeast. CCN: 24-132-452

  • A Springfield Armory Hellcat 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Terry Gibson, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Marijuana, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-132-647

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of 50th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-132-684

  • A Smith & Wesson M&P 40 Shield .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Tyrell Lamonte Bailey, of Northeast, D.C., for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. CCN: 24-132-790

  • A Glock 29 10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3100 block of Naylor Road, Southeast. CCN: 24-132-813

 

Thursday, August 29, 2024

  • A Taurus 38 Special .38 caliber revolver, a Beretta U-22 .22 caliber rifle, and a Harrington & Richardson 929 .22 caliber rifle were recovered in the Unit block of Banner Lane, Northwest. CCN: 24-132-942

  • A Llama Max-1 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Crittenden Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 32-year-old Andre Derrick Gaddis, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon in Possession, and Fugitive from Justice. CCN: 24-133-063

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