MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: July 22 to July 29, 2024
Thursday, August 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, July 22, 2024, through Monday, July 29, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 41 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, July 23, 2024
A Rock Island Armory Meriva 12-gauge shotgun was recovered in the 1800 block of Q Street, Southeast. CCN: 24-112-639
A Smith & Wesson M&P40 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 600 block of Maryland Avenue, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 56-year-old Deronte Poteat, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Assault on a Police Officer. CCN: 24-112-750
A Sig Sauer P-938 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3200 block of 13th Street, Northwest. CCN: 24-112-778
A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 3600 block of Jay Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-112-826
A SCCY Industries CPX-2 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 4600 block of Easy Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-112-859
