Wednesday, March 30, 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, March 21, 2022, through Monday, March 28, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 45 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, March 21, 2022

• A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of Franklin Street, Northeast. CCN: 22-038-958

• A BB gun was recovered in the 700 block of 7th Street, Northeast. CCN: 22-038-970

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

• A SCCY CPX-2 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Constitution Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 22-039-768

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of Sumner Road, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Deandre Delano Stover, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-039-849

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1300 block of 13th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Johnathan Antonio Brown, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Felon in Possession, Reckless Driving, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Destruction of Property, Fleeing from a Law Enforcement Officer in a Motor Vehicle, No Permit, National Firearms Act, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition feeding Device. CCN: 22-039-934

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1000 block of 50thStreet, Northeast. CCN: 22-039-947 

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 300 block of Douglas Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Ilon Edward Melson, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-040-055