MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, July 18, 2022 to Monday, July 25, 2022

Wednesday, July 27, 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, July 18, 2022, through Monday, July 25, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 83 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, July 18, 2022

  • A Colt Police Positive 32-20 .32 caliber revolver was recovered in the 1300 block of Canal Street, Southwest. CCN: 22-102-681

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

  • A Titan .22 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast. CCN: 22-103-133

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 3100 block of 14th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 34-year-old Levy Johnson, of no fixed address, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Shoplifting, Bench Warrant, Fugitive from Justice, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-103-171

  • A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Brandy Loleta Beaman, of Temple Hills, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone. CCN: 22-103-186

  • A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 22-103-198

  • A BB gun was recovered in the 4900 block of Piney Branch Road, Northwest. CCN: 22-103-202

  • A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun and a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield .45 caliber handgun were recovered in the 3600 block of M Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 32-year-old Samuel Josef McCollin-Lyons, of Gaithersburg, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 22-103-220

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun and a Zastava Arms ZPAP M-70 7.62 caliber assault rifle (both pictured below) were recovered in the 1700 block of North Capitol Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Kai Patrick Gordon, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-103-222

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