MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: July 26, 2021 to Monday August 2, 2021
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
(Washington, DC) – 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 26, 2021, through Monday, August 2, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 55 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 27, 2021
A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1400 block of Morris Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 21-104-30