MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, January 16, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, January 16, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023

Wednesday, January 25, 2023


(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, January 16, 2022, through Monday, January 23, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 70 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, January 16, 2022

  • A BB gun was recovered in the 800 block of Chesapeake Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Deon Damien Thomas, of Southeast, D.C., for Assault on a Police Officer and Possession of a BB gun. CCN: 23-008-129

  • A revolver was recovered in the 2900 block of Fairlawn Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 23-008-286

  • A BB gun was recovered in the 2400 block of Bryan Place, Southeast. CCN: 23-008-460

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2022

  • A .40 caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 2700 block of Naylor Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Demarcus Mortell Barnett, of Southeast, D.C., 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 Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. CCN: 23-008-671

  • A Glock 36 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3500 block of A Street, Southeast. CCN: 23-008-884

  • A Sig Sauer P-365 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3500 block of Wheeler Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Zaki Abdullah, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed, Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-008-965

  • A Smith & Wesson SW40VE .40 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1400 block of Cedar Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-008-977


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