Wednesday, November 27, 2024

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, November 18, 2024, through Monday, November 25, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 71 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, November 18, 2024

• A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of 20th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Marquis McGee, of Northeast, DC, for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun), Carrying a Pistol Without a Pistol, Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-179-076

• A Zigana PX-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of Maine Avenue, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Marqueice Johnson, of Clinton, MD, for Carrying a Pistol Without a Pistol, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-179-096

• A Smith and Wesson Shield 9mm handgun and a SKS 7.62 caliber rifle (pictured below) were recovered in the 1200 block of Savannah Place, Southeast. CCN: 24-179-258

• A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of Lamont Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Brayan Giron-Ferman, of Northwest, DC, for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed. CCN: 24-179-340

• A Glock 32 .357 caliber handgun and a Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun were recovered in the 500 block of Edgewood Street, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 18-year-old Demarco Green and a 16-year-old juvenile male, both of Northeast, DC, for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, and Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed. CCN: 24-179-487

• A Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 300 block of 51st Street, Northeast.  CCN: 24-179-502

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