Tuesday, September 27, 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, September 19, 2022, through Monday, September 26, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 53 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, September 19, 2022

• A Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 800 block of Barnaby Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-135-643

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

• A Diamondback Arms DB9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Trevon Marquies Simmons, of Suitland, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 22-136-136

• Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 38-year-old Mario Donnell Shields, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Felon in Possession, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Resisting Arrest, No Permit, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-136-313

• A Glock 33 .357 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of K Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 48-year-old Antonio Emory Williams, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Entry, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, National Firearms Act, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-136-388

• A Glock 29 10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 700 block of 46th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Javon Veira, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone and Possession Unregistered of Ammunition. CCN: 22-136-406

• A Century Arms Canik TP-9 Elite 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2300 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Anthony Johnson, of Virginia Beach, VA, 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: 22-136-419

• A Glock 17 9mm caliber was recovered in the 200 block of Newcomb Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-136-436

• A Taurus PT-111 G2 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of 17th Place, Southeast. CCN: 22-136-531

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 28-year-old Briana Mone Williams, of Northeast, D.C., and 49-year-old Maxwell Depaah, of Alexandria, VA, for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. CCN: 22-136-641

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 2900 block of Nelson Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Jontez Eccles, of Southeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-136-697