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MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries:Monday, February 6, 2023 to Monday, February 13, 2023

Wednesday, February 15, 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 6, 2023, through Monday, February 13, 2023, 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:

Monday, February 6, 2023

  • A revolver was recovered in the 3800 block of South Capitol Street, Southeast. CCN: 23-019-436

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

  • A FN FNH 509 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 400 block of P Street, Northwest. CCN: 23-020-443

  • Two Glock handguns were recovered in the 3900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 23-020-680

  • A Glock 48 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of 56thStreet, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Jeremiah Alvarado, of Arlington, VA, 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: 23-020-685

  • A Sig Sauer P-320 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 100 block of 49th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 32-year-old Frederick Bennett Fadayini, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Fugitive from Justice, Stalking, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-020-781