Wednesday, August 31, 2022
 

(Washington, D.C.) – 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 22, 2022, through Monday, August 29, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 72 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, August 23, 2022

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” was recovered in the 1100 block of Brentwood Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Shawnte Smith, of Northeast, D.C., 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: 22-121-267

• A Glock 37 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of Stanton Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 49-year-old Eric Ray Jones, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol – Prior Felon and Threats to do Bodily Harm. CCN: 22-121-316

• A Ruger 9-E 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 2900 block of S Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 49-year-old Charles Derwin Jackson, of Southeast, D.C., for Felon in Possession, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-121-531