Thursday, December 10, 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 our streets. From Monday, November 30, 2020, through Monday, December 7, 2020, MPD detectives and officers recovered 63 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, December 1, 2020

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of U Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Deandre Boyd, of District Heights, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property, and Tampering with Physical Evidence. CCN: 20-171-066

• A Smith & Wesson SD40 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2300 block of Hartford Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Lamar Curtis Battle, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 20-171-199

• A Glock 42 .380 caliber handgun was recovered on the 1800 block of M Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old Enoch Lawrence Brown, IV, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon Possession, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Alter the Identification Marks a Weapon. CCN: 20-171-230

• A Taurus 1911 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 20-171-253 

• A Ruger LCP .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of 40thStreet, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 41-year-old Terrence Lamont Stroman, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm. CCN: 20-171-301