Thursday, July 1, 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, June 21, 2021, through Monday, June 28, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 32 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, June 22, 2021

• A Springfield Armory XD9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2200 block of 13th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Joselito Ramos, of Boyds, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 21-083-924

• A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of Irving Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Glenn Bass, Jr., of Waldorf, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Threat to do Bodily Harm. CCN: 21-084-086

• A Taurus G2C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Charles Edward Thomas, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Receiving Stolen Property, and Possession of a large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-084-102

• A Ruger Security 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 42-year-old Aaron Williams, Jr., of Northeast, D.C., for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of Liquid PCP, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-084-146