Friday, November 11, 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, October 31, 2022, through Monday, November 7, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 52 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, November 1, 2022

• A Stafford Llama Especial .22 caliber long rifle was recovered in the 2400 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 45-year-old Timothy Tucker, Jr., of Southeast, D.C., for Simple Assault, Resisting Arrest, Carrying a Pistol without a License, and Firearms Possessed by Convicted Felons. CCN: 22-158-592

• A Glock 29 10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 5100 block of A Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-159-022

• A Kahr K40 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2300 block of Fourth Street, Northeast. CCN: 22-159-092

• A Taurus Millennium G2 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1900 Ninth Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 43-year-old Cochise Haro Apang Jerome, of Northwest, D.C., for No Permit, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Reckless Driving, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-159-150

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

• A Glock 29 10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of U Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Yared Tsadik Denniston, of District Heights, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 22-159-167

• A Taurus G2C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of Third Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Armed Carjacking, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Leaving after Colliding, and No Permit. CCN: 22-159-208

• A Sig Sauer SP-2022 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue, Southwest. CCN: 22-159-277

• A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Kelley Maureen Rogers, of Northeast, D.C., Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person and Carrying a Pistol without a License. CCN: 22-159-523

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 200 block of Q Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Carlton Lamont Taylor, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-159-572

• A Glock handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. CCN: 22-159-601