Friday, September 27, 2024

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 16, 2024, through Monday, September 23, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 34 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 16, 2024

• A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2200 block of Savannah Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Jamir Mekhi Harrison, of no fixed address, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Entry, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-142-821

• A Walther PPKS 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 800 block of Wharf Street, Southwest. CCN: 24-143-105

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of 27th Street, Southeast. CCN: 24-143-146

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 800 block of Barnaby Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 14-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-143-862

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