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MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: May 17, 2021 to May 24, 2021

Thursday, May 27, 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 17, 2021, through Monday, May 24, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 38 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 18, 2021

  • A Taurus G2C .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of 37th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Trevon Garrett Brox, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Felon in Possession, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. CCN: 21-064-691

  • A SCCY CPX-1 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3800 block of South Capitol Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Robbie Johnson, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Simple Assault, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-064-733

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 3400 block of 9th Street, Southeast. CCN: 21-064-823