MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, May 1, 2023, to Monday, May 8, 2023
Friday, May 12, 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, May 1, 2023, through Monday, May 8, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 43 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:
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 300 block of K Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 36-year-old Corey Vanable, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Probation Violation (Warrant), Resisting Arrest, Felon in Possession, Tampering of GPS Device, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-068-214
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of 50thStreet, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Emory Daniel Emanuel Burroughs, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-068-315
A Taurus G2C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of L Street, Northwest. CCN: 23-068-380
A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun and a Mossberg Maverick 88 12 gauge shotgun were recovered in the 5100 block of Sheriff Road, Northeast. CCN: 23-068-498
A Springfield Armory XD .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3700 block of Hayes Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Donte Dudley, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-068-617
A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 2000 block of 19th Place, Southeast. CCN: 23-068-633