Friday, March 1, 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, February 19, 2024, through Monday, February 26, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 79 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, February 19, 2024

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 3600 block of M Street, Northwest.  CCN: 24-026-012

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

• A Ruger 5.7 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3100 block of Naylor Road, Southeast.  The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Jamal Bush, of District Heights, MD, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, No Permit, Counterfeit Tags, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition.  CCN: 24-026-494

• An Astra 2000 .22 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4200 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Southeast.  CCN: 24-026-551 

• An Anderson AM-15 .223/.556 caliber assault rifle and a Ruger 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 500 block of Madison Street, Northwest.  The following person was arrested: 37-year-old Harry Antoine Crews, of Northwest, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.  CCN: 24-026-575

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 400 block of 57th Street, Northeast.  The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.  CCN: 24-026-648

• A Springfield Armory XD9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of Marion Barry Avenue, Southeast.  The following people were arrested: 27-year-old Anthony Jenkins, of Southeast, D.C., and 21-year-old Tyree Ellington, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Felon in Possession, Consumption of Marijuana in a Public Space Prohibited, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.  CCN: 24-026-658

• An Israel Military Zion 15 5.56 caliber assault rifle was recovered in the 1700 block of North Capitol Street, Northwest.  The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Kennedy Walberto Mejia Medina, of Silver Spring, MD, for Carrying a Rifle or Shotgun outside a Home or Business, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.  CCN: 24-026-746

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