MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, June 5, 2023, to Monday, June 12, 2023
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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 unitswork tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, June 5, 2023, through Monday, June 12, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 50 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, June 5, 2023
A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue, Northeast. CCN: 23-089-221
A J. Double Action 1900 .32 caliber revolver and a Hopkins & Allen .32 caliber revolver were recovered in the 200 block of Division Road, Northeast. CCN: 23-089-654
An American Tactical Omni Hybrid multi-caliber rifle and a Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 200 block of Valley Avenue, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 23-year-old Christopher Jordan Broady, of no fixed address, and 20-year-old Isjalon Jermiah Armstead, of Southeast, D.C., for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition,Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, and Obliterate, Remove, Change, or Alter the Serial Number of a Firearm. CCN: 23-089-663
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 4200 block of Southern Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Andrew Clayborn Sewell, III, of Capitol Heights, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, National Firearms Act, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-090-128
A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 4400 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 23-090-274