Wednesday, May 19, 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, May 10, 2021, through Monday, May 17, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 33 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, May 11, 2021

• A Taurus G2C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3400 block of 25th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Chauncey Lewis Redd, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License. CCN: 21-060-849

• A Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of Howard Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old David Hutchinson, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-060-837

• A Sig-Sauer P250 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of Delaware Avenue, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Travis Haney, of Southwest, D.C., for Parole Violation (Warrant), Failure to appear, Tampering of GPS Device, and Felon in Possession. CCN: 21-060-937

• A Sig Sauer P238 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 5000 block of B Street, Southeast. CCN: 21-061-155

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 4400 block of Hunt Place, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 38-year-old Anthony Duray Armfield, of Landover, MD, for Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-061-301