Thursday, June 2, 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, May 23, 2022, through Monday, May 30, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 77 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 23, 2022

• A Glock 22 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Shawn Cook, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Consumption of Marijuana in Public Space Prohibited, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-072-189

• A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3200 block of Water Street, Northwest. CCN: 22-072-638

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

• A Talon Industries GAR-15 5.56mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Anthony Duncan, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-072-738

• A Glock 29 .10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 800 block of Delaware Avenue, Southwest. CCN: 22-072-867 

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Virginia Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 22-072-934

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1900 block of 7th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Marlon Joseph Mingle, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 22-072-944

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 4100 block of 8th street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 15-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, 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: 22-073-002

• A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of 17th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Jeffery Crawford, of Southwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Consumption of Marijuana in Public Space Prohibited, Counterfeit Tags, Fleeing from a Law Enforcement Officer in a Motor Vehicle, Receiving Stolen Property, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-073-062

• A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Cedar Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-073-120

• A Ruger AR-556 5.56 caliber assault rifle (pictured below) was recovered in the 5800 block of Colorado Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Christopher Mendoza, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 22-073-239