Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to recover and investigate illegal firearms in Washington D.C. In addition to our patrol officers, the Department has specialized units—such as the Gun Recovery Unit (GRU), Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU), and Crime Suppression Teams (CSTs)—who work tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off of our streets. From Monday, May 25, 2020, through Monday, June 1, 2020, MPD detectives and officers recovered 60 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, May 26, 2020

• A Ruger LC9 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1400 block of Columbia Road, Northwest.  The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Lorenzo Patterson, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition.  CCN: 20-077-890

• A .357 caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 400 block of N Street, Northwest.  The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Maurice Glascow, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.  CCN: 20-077-843