Wednesday, October 20, 2021 

(Washington, DC) – 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 11, 2021, through Monday, October 18, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 33 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, October 11, 2021

• A Taurus PT945 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3900 block of Dix Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 44-year-old Lamont Payne, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Felon in Possession. CCN: 21-147-732

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

• A Ruger 380 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1000 block of 45thStreet, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 21-148-058

• A Century Arms Canik TP9 Elite 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1600 block of R Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Greylin Theodore Hunter, Jr., of Southwest, 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