[PR] MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: September 14, 2020 to September 21, 2020

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Tuesday, September 22, 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, September 14, 2020, through Monday, September 21, 2020, MPD detectives and officers recovered 41 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, September 15, 2020

  • A Hi-Point CS-380 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3800 block of 8th Street, Southeast. CCN: 20-132-026 

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 20-132-155 

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun and a Glock 37 .40 caliber handgun (both pictured below) were recovered in the 900 block of Varney Street, Southeast. CCN: 20-132-168

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