MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, August 7, 2023, to Monday, August 14, 2023
Friday, August 18, 2023
(Washington, D.C.) – 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, August 7, 2023, through Monday, August 14, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 64 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, August 7, 2023
A Mossberg 500A 12 gauge shotgun was recovered in the 300 block of 37th Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old John Thompson, of Southeast, D.C., for Destruction of Property, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 23-128-787
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of 50th Street, Northeast. CCN: 23-129-145
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3600 block of New York Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Hussain Mohammed Al Saadi, of Boyds, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Simple Assault, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-129-431
A Sig Sauer P-365 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of Anacostia Road, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Dominique Massenburg, of Southeast, D.C., for Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Receiving Stolen Property, and Second Degree Cruelty to Children. CCN: 23-129-580
A Smith & Wesson .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3400 block of C Street, Southeast. CCN: 23-129-674
A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 700 block of Quebec Place, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Trevyn Hunter, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition. CCN: 23-129-678
A Ruger SR-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Antwan Monroe, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Receiving/Possessing a Firearm having Serial Number Obliterated/Removed/Altered. CCN: 23-129-838