Thursday, September 19, 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 9, 2024, through Monday, September 16, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 40 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 9, 2024

• A Glock 17 4.5mm caliber BB gun was recovered in the 100 block of T Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-139-000

• A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun and an Anderson AM-15 .223/.556 caliber assault rifle were recovered in the 2800 block of Robinson Place, 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: 24-139-054

• A Smith & Wesson M&P 9 Shield 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Shannon Place, Southeast. CCN: 24-139-367

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

• A Taurus PT-111 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3100 block of 16th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 32-year-old Paul Hawkins, of Southeast, D.C., for Armed Carjacking, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-139-629

• A 4.5mm caliber BB gun was recovered in the 2600 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 24-139-912

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 4500 block of Benning Road, Southeast. CCN: 24-139-928

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

• A Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the Unit block of Galveston Street, Southwest. CCN: 24-140-020

• A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of North Capitol Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Discarding of Firearms/Ammunition, National Firearms Act, Prohibited Possession of Certain Dangerous Weapons, and Resisting Arrest. CCN: 24-140-152

Thursday, September 12, 2024

• A Smith & Wesson SW40VE .40 caliber handgun and a Taurus G3C 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 1400 block of R Street, Northwest. The following people were arrested: 33-year-old Ositadimma Prince Emegbusim, of Northwest, D.C., and 27-year-old Vincent Markell Hayes-Wilson, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Receiving Stolen Property, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-140-617

• A Springfield Armory XD5 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 32-year-old Sean Woody, of Hyattsville, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License. CCN: 24-140-658

Friday, September 13, 2024

• A Shadow Systems MR-920 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 5000 block of Queens Stroll Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 32-year-old Orlando Jones, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-141-606

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