Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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, July 24, 2023, through Monday, July 31, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 51 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, July 24, 2023

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of P Street, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Korriek Akinwale Akinola, of Southeast, D.C., for Murder I and Carrying a Pistol without a License. CCN: 23-120-020

• A Clerke .32 caliber revolver was recovered in the 200 block of Valley Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 23-120-168

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun, a Glock 19 .45 caliber handgun, and a Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 100 block of Atlantic Street, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 19-year-old Lamar Wright, of Southeast, D.C., 22-year-old Corey Heard, of Northeast, D.C., and 26-year-old Tayvon Alonzo Dais, of Southeast, D.C., for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed. CCN: 23-089-516

• A Taurus Spectrum 380 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the intersection of 16th Street and Park Road, Northwest. The following people were arrested: 13-year-old male juvenile, of Northwest, D.C., and 33-year-old Bianca Ann Bynum, of Northwest, D.C., for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Theft Second Degree, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Oblate, Remove, Change, or Alter the Serial Number of a Firearm. CCN: 23-120-751

• A Heckler & Koch VP-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1500 block of Tanner Street, Southeast. CCN: 23-120-874

• A Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road, Southeast. CCN: 23-120-915

• A Century Arms C-39 V2 7.62x39 caliber assault rifle was recovered in the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace, Southeast. CCN: 23-121-009

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace, Northeast. CCN: 23-121-130

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2900 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Shawn Junio Tyson, of Capitol Heights, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 23-121-289

• A Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 3700 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 23-121-349

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