Wednesday, February 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, January 23, 2022, through Monday, January 30, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 51 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, January 23, 2022

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 5600 block of East Capitol Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 18-year-old Robert Holman, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License. CCN: 23-012-032

• A Jimenez Arms JA Nine 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Joshua Martell Thomas, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of a Controlled Substance. CCN: 23-012-066

Tuesday, January 24, 2022

• A Smith & Wesson .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of 16th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Maurice Roberson, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 23-012-624

• A Winchester 94 30.30 caliber rifle, a Western Arms Revolution 100A .22 caliber rifle, and a Military Contractors US Carbine .30 caliber semi-automatic rifle (all pictured below) were recovered in the 1500 block of Monroe Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-012-796