Friday, July 8, 2022 

(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, June 27, 2022, through Monday, July 4, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 77 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, June 27, 2022

• A Crosman Arms 760 Pumpmaster .177 caliber BB gun was recovered in the 800 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 45-year-old John Henry Dickens, II, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of a BB gun. CCN: 22-091-522

• A Taurus PT-24/7 Pro CDS .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4800 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 22-091-721

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

• A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2200 block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Joseph Nicholas Curtis, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-092-202

• A Cobra Enterprises Patriot .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3400 block of Hayes Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 22-year-old Diallo Rashawd Wright, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. CCN: 22-092-224

• A Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun, a Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun, a Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun, and a Palmetto State .223 caliber assault rifle (all pictured below) were recovered in the 2200 block of Savannah Terrace, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 19-year-old D’Armani Barnett, of Southeast, D.C., 16-year-old male juvenile, of Temple Hills, MD, 29-year-old Dominique Christian Jones, of Southeast, D.C., 19-year-old Tyler Cooper-Walls, of Southeast, D.C., and 19-year-old J’quan King, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-092-268