MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, May 22, 2023, to Monday, May 29, 2023
Saturday, June 3, 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, May 22, 2023, through Monday, May 29, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 56 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, May 22, 2023
A Ruger .22 caliber rifle was recovered in the 900 block of 52nd Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 15-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Armed Carjacking, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of Implements of a Crime, and Alter the Identification Marks of a Weapon. CCN: 23-080-505
A Ruger Security-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Bruce Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 15-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm, National Firearms Act, Destruction of Property, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-080-836
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1900 block of Otis Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Malek Pelham, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-081-43