MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Feb 26, to March 4, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 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 26, 2024, through Monday, March 4, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 58 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, February 27, 2024
A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 4200 block of South Capitol Street, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Kainece Coplins, of Southeast, D.C., for Tampering with Physical Evidence. CCN: 24-030-161
A Springfield Armory XDS-93.3 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of 16th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 38-year-old Aleka D. Wade, of Bowie, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, National Firearms Act, and Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone. CCN: 24-030-319
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 100 block of M Street, Southwest. CCN: 24-030-352
A Glock 38 .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 2700 block of Langston Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 28-year-old Stephon Shamir Anselm Anthony Benjamin, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Loaning Registration, Misuse of Temporary Tags. CCN: 24-030-511
