MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: September 20, 2021 to Monday September 27, 2021

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Tuesday, September 28, 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, September 20, 2021, through Monday, September 27, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 38 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, September 21, 2021

  • A Smith & Wesson SD40VE .40 caliber handgun and a Smith & Wesson M&P .40 caliber handgun were recovered in the 1300 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 29-year-old Enoch Lawrence Brown, IV, of Northeast, D.C., 24-year-old Corey Tucker Hardy, of Southwest, D.C., 25-year-old Kaseem Bobbie Brown, of Northeast, D.C., and 28-year-old Ray Reynard, of Upper Marlboro, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Receiving Stolen Property, and Criminally Negligent Storage of a Firearm. CCN: 21-127-298

  • A We-Tech 2011 BB gun was recovered in the 3600 block of Yuma Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Devon Michael Leduff, of Hampton, GA, for Possession of a BB gun. CCN: 21-135-758

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3000 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast. CCN: 21-135-824

  • A Cobray M12 .380 caliber handgun, a Ruger SR1911 .45 caliber handgun, and a Kimber .380 caliber handgun were recovered in the 2500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 38-year-old Keith Artis, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in a School Zone, Receiving Stolen Property, National Firearms Act, Felon in Possession, Resisting Arrest, Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 21-135-957

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

  • A Springfield Armory XDS .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 4300 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Demanne Kenneth Persia, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon in Possession, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 21-136-057

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  • A Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm caliber handgun, a 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun, and a .40 caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (all pictured below) were recovered in the 200 block of P Street, Southwest. The following people were arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., 25-year-old Earl Sterling Barringer, Jr., of Southeast, D.C., and 24-year-old Otis Joseph McKinney, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. CCN: 21-136-610

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