MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, December 5, 2022 to Monday, December 12, 2022

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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 5, 2022, through Monday, December 12, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 55 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 6, 2022

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of W Street, Northwest. CCN: 22-177-428

  • A Llama Omni .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of Hawaii Avenue, Northeast. CCN: 22-177-481

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-177-516

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