MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Feb 17 to Feb 24, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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, February 17, 2025, through Monday, February 24, 2025, MPD detectives and officers recovered 62 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, February 17, 2025
A BB gun was recovered in the 700 block of Mississippi Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 25-023-558
A Glock 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 600 block of 10th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old J’Nelah Mercer, of Southeast, D.C., for Simple Assault, Theft (Second Degree), Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession with a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-023-638
An Anderson AM-15 .223 caliber assault rifle (pictured below) was recovered in the 2700 block of Naylor Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Discarding of Firearms/Ammunition, Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Armed Carjacking, Robbery, and Possession with a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-024-642