MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: October 25, 2021 to Monday November 1, 2021

Friday, November 5, 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 25, 2021, through Monday, November 1, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 48 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, October 26, 2021

• A Smith & Wesson 38 Special .38 caliber revolver was recovered in the 3200 block of 28th Street, Southeast. CCN: 21-156-433

• A Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun and a Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 3000 block of Stanton Road, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 22-year-old Andre Maurice Green, of Southeast, D.C., and 21-year-old Chester Edwards Crews, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-156-459

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

• A Glock 36 .45 caliber handgun and a Zastaza Arms PAP M92PV 7.62 caliber rifle (both pictured below) were recovered in the 200 block of 35thStreet, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 45-year-old Roy Tatum, Jr., of Northeast, D.C., and 57-year-old Kirkland Lee Bartley, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession with Intent to distribute a Controlled Substance. CCN: 21-156-612