MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: August 5 to August 12, 2024
Friday, August 16, 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 5, 2024, through Monday, August 12, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 63 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 5, 2024
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of Q Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Ashante James Banks, of Northeast, D.C., for Theft, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-119-734
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of O Street, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Nadir McCoy, of Northwest, D.C., for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed, Receiving Stolen Property, Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-120-134
A handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of Tubman Road, Southeast. CCN: 24-120-248
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of 41st Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Paul Emerson Frazier, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone, Unlawful Discarding of Firearms/Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-120-628
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
A Reck P8 6.35mm caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of Bates Street, Northwest. CCN: 24-121-059
A Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard .38 caliber revolver and a Glock 32 .357 caliber handgun were recovered in the 1000 block of 16th Street, Northwest. CCN: 24-121-128
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun and a Smith & Wesson M&P40 Shield .40 caliber handgun were recovered in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street, Northwest. The following people were arrested: 29-year-old Antowan Hagans, of Northeast, D.C., and 28-year-old Demetrius Brandon, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Receiving Stolen Property, Possession of an Open Container of Alcohol, No Permit, Felon in Possession, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Intimidating, Impeding, Interfering, Retaliating against a Government Official or Employee of the District, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-121-134
A Taurus G2C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of Morris Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Stephen Ballard, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Loaning Registration Misuse of Temporary Tags, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-121-183
A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun, a SCCY Industries CPX-2 9mm caliber handgun, and a Taurus PT-III G2C 9mm caliber handgun (all pictured below) were recovered in the 600 block of Otis Place, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 17-year-male juvenile, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-121-201
