Thursday, April 7, 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 worktirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, March 28, 2022, through Monday, April 4, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 54 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 28, 2022

• A Springfield Armory XD-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 100 block of Darrington Street, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Malik Washington, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Receiving Stolen Property. CCN: 22-042-914

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

• A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 5100 block of Sheriff Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 28-year-old Paul Ricardo Nunnally, Jr., of Northeast, D.C., for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Carrying a Pistol without a License, and Felon in Possession. CCN: 22-019-522

• Two .22 caliber revolvers and a .25 caliber revolver were recovered in the 100 block of R Street, Northeast. CCN: 22-043-167

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 800 block of Barnaby Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 22-year-old Dywuan Jackson, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, National Firearms Act, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-043-315

• A 5.56 caliber “Ghost Gun” assault rifle was recovered in the 600 block of Mellon Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-043-327

• Two 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handguns were recovered in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., 18-year-old Taysean Juwan Hawkins, of Northeast, D.C., and 14-year-old male juvenile, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-043-336

• A Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 400 block of 51st Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Darius Avery Gross, of Capitol Heights, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon in Possession, Fugitive from Justice, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-043-359

• A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1300 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Jerome Davon Dukes, of Northeast, 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, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-043-377

• A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of Michigan Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 22-year-old Ivan Kyree Turner, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Counterfeit Tags, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition feeding Device. CCN: 22-043-414

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

• A 5.56 caliber “Ghost Gun” assault rifle and a Glock 48 9mm caliber handgun (both pictured below) were recovered in the 4600 block of Kane Place, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Keshawn Jabari Reese, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Fugitive from Justice, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-043-613