MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, February 20, 2023 to Monday, February 27, 2023

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

(Washington, D.C.) – 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, February 20, 2023, through Monday, February 27, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 39 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, February 21, 2023

  • A Taurus 38 Special .38 caliber revolver was recovered in the 900 block of Sycamore Drive, Southeast. CCN: 23-028-122

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 4200 block of Fourth Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-028-129

  • A CZ P-09 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1000 block of 51stStreet, Northeast. CCN: 23-028-314

  • A Ruger 57 5.7x28 caliber handgun was recovered in the intersection of I-295 Southbound and Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 39-year-old Michael Louis Hayes, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Driving under the Influence, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-028-397

  • A Glock 29 .10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 5600 block of Blaine Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Derrick Linwood Thomas, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Obliterate, Remove, Change, or Alter the Serial Number of a Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-028-400

  • An Iver Johnson .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 600 block of Edgewood Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-028-453

  • A .357 caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 4800 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Damahn Bernard Robert Ewell, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, National Firearms Act, Counterfeit Tags, Bench Warrant, No Permit, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-028-557

  • A Stevens Arms 94M 20 gauge shotgun was recovered in the 1300 block of Childress Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-028-645

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 900 block of T Street, Northwest. CCN: 23-028-698

  • A handgun was recovered in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Sha’nequa Nelson, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-029-106

  • A Glock 33 .357 caliber handgun was recovered in the intersection of 22ndStreet and Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 37-year-old Paris J. Davis, of no fixed address, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition. CCN: 23-029-148

  • A Glock 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3700 block of Horner Place, Southeast. CCN: 23-029-227

Thursday, February 23, 2023

  • A Kimber 1911 Custom II .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 700 block of 13th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 47-year-old Bradley Wayne Timbrook, of Romney, WV, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 23-029-343

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