Wednesday, January 11, 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 2, 2022, through Monday, January 9, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 36 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 2, 2022

• A Springfield Armory XD-40 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of Potomac Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 23-000-983

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1300 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 23-001-085

Tuesday, January 3, 2022

• An American Tactical Omni-Hybrid 5.56mm caliber rifle and a Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 2600 block of 12th Place, Southeast. CCN: 23-001-519

• A Sig Sauer P-250 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of Stanton Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 39-year-old Michael Alfonzo Carter, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Felon in Possession, Alter the Identification Marks of a Weapon, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-001-668

Wednesday, January 4, 2022

• A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield .380 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1300 block of Savannah Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition. CCN: 23-001-773