MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, August 14, 2023, to Monday, August 21, 2023

Thursday, August 24, 2023

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, August 14, 2023, through Monday, August 21, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 62 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:
 

Monday, August 14, 2023

  • A Glock 43X 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of V Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-133-440

 

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 800 block of Bellevue Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Kiayel Willis, of Southeast, DC, for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun), Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-133-773

 

  • A Jiminez Arms, Inc. JAT-380 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 500 block of Morris Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-133-877

 

  • A Beretta Gardone 1932-XI 6.5 caliber rifle, a Remington 31 20-gauge shotgun, a Remington R1025 20-gauge shotgun, a H&R 732 .32 caliber handgun, and a Rohm RG10 .22 caliber handgun were recovered in the 2400 block of Monroe Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-133-917

 

  • A Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm caliber handgun, a Lorcin L380 .380 caliber handgun, and a Cobra C22M .22 caliber handgun were recovered in the 5500 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 52-year-old Yul Acklin, of Covington, GA, for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-134-267

 

  • A Springfield XD .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4300 block of Hayes Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old DeShawn Brown, of Northeast, DC, for Armed Robbery (Gun), Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 23-134-339

 

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

  • A Ruger .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of Bass Circle, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 52-year-old Jerry Hicks, of Laurel, MD, for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun), Burglary Two, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-134-497

 

  • A Phoenix Arms Raven .25 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. CCN: 23-133-583

 

  • A Glock 33 .357 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4100 block of Hayes Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-133-624

 

  • A Glock 19X 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1000 block of 16th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: a 15-year-old juvenile male, of Northeast, DC, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Receiving Stolen Property, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-134-780

 

  • A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2700 block of Langston Lane, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 45-year-old Brian Hinkle, of Northwest, DC, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-134-863

 

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2800 block of Denver Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Shyheem Penny, of Southeast, DC, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, and Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed. CCN: 23-134-886

 

  • A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield EZ 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of Elmira Street, Southeast. CCN: 23-134-907

 

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 4100 block of Beck Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Melvin Brown Jr, of Southeast, DC, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 23-134-934

 

  • A Bauer Firearms .25 caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of Underwood Place, Northwest. CCN: 23-134-946

 

  • A Glock 43X 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of Otis Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-134-996

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