Tuesday, December 28, 2021

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, December 13, 2021, through Monday, December 20, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 22 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, December 21, 2021

• A Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 400 block of K Street, Southwest. CCN: 21-185-775

• A Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of N Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 28-year-old Christopher Akinduro, of Upper Marlboro, MD, for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. CCN: 21-185-889

• A Taurus PT140 .40 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1300 block of Congress Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old juvenile male, of Southeast, DC, for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 21-186-063