Tuesday, December 20, 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, December 12, 2022, through Monday, December 19, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 52 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, December 12, 2022

• A Beretta 21A 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of Holbrok Terrace, Northeast. CCN: 22-180-660

• A Taurus Spectrum 380 .380 caliber handgun was recovered 4700 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 22-180-740

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

• A Taurus TH40C .40 caliber handgun was recovered 5400 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Ovid Gabriel, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Simple Assault, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-181-191

• A Lorcin L25 .25 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of 21stStreet, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 47-year-old Michelle Johnson, of Northwest, D.C., for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Carrying a Pistol without a License, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 22-181-313

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 3700 block of Horner Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Carlos Martell Kornegay, of Southeast, D.C., for Felon in Possession, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-181-370