MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: March 4 to March 11, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 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, March 4, 2024, through Monday, March 11, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 51 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, March 5, 2024
A Harrington & Richardson 732 .32 caliber revolver was recovered in the 2700 block of Terrace Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 15-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-033-992
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of Sumner Road, Southeast. CCN: 24-034-049
A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2500 block of 14th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Juwan Reese, of Southwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-034-092
A Hi-Point JCP .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of 49th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 46-year-old Jeremy Smith, of no fixed address, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Carrying a Rifle outside a Home or Business, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-034-179
A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 4500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Oladipo Caetano, of Bowie, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, National Firearms Act, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-034-189
An American Tactical .22 caliber rifle was recovered in the Unit block of M Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Daymon Wright, of Fort Washington, MD, for Carrying a Rifle outside a Home or Business, Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person, and Simple Assault. CCN: 24-034-192
A Glock 31 .357 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4300 block of Third Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 48-year-old Teonne Carson, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Assault on a Police Officer, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-034-266
A Smith & Wesson M&P9 9mm caliber handgun and a Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun were recovered in the 2600 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 20-year-old Terrance Fuller, of Oxon Hill, MD, 19-year-old Draque Jordan Andrews, of Southeast, D.C., 21-year-old Brayvon Jones, of Southeast, D.C., 21-year-old Miguel Malik King, of Oxon Hill, MD, and 18-year-old Tykwon Cooper, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with Intent to Deliver and Sell, Felon in Possession, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-034-298