Thursday, January 14, 2021

(Washington, DC) – Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to recover and investigate illegal firearms in Washington D.C. In addition to our patrol officers, the Department has specialized units—such as the Gun Recovery Unit (GRU), Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU), and Crime Suppression Teams (CSTs)—who work tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, January 4, 2021, through Monday, January 11, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 50 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, January 5, 2021

• A SCCY CPX-2 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 4300 block of Barker Street, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 20-year-old Sincere Alizae Stewart, of Northeast, D.C., 23-year-old Octawavghn Dickerson, of Southeast, D.C., 24-year-old Brian Keith Peters, Jr., of Riverdale, MD, and 23-year-old Shakyra McCall, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, No Permit, and Fugitive from Justice. CCN: 21-001-879

• A Springfield Armory XDS-9 9mm caliber handgun and a Ruger 10/22 .22 caliber rifle (both pictured below) were recovered in the 700 block of Constitution Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 46-year-old Thomas Alexander Gronek, of Asheville, N.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, No Permit, Fireworks Possession, Carrying a Rifle or Shotgun outside a Home or Business, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-002-077