Wednesday, January 26, 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, January 17, 2022, through Monday, January 24, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 63 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 17, 2022

• A Smith & Wesson .22 caliber revolver was recovered in the 1800 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. CCN: 22-007-238

• A Ruger Security 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2800 block of 28th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 38-year-old Michael Lee Charles, Jr., of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Felon in Possession, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-007-370 

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

• A Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of West Virginia Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 34-year-old Corey Everett Green, of Southeast, 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: 22-007-648

• A Springfield Armory XD40 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of 18th Street, Northwest. CCN: 22-007-749

• A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 4900 block of Quarles Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Machine Gun, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, and Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone. CCN: 22-007-819