Thursday, November 21, 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 11, 2024, through Monday, November 18, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 37 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 11, 2024

• A Glock 45 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2000 block of Benning Road, Northeast. CCN: 24-175-552

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

• A Springfield Armory .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4100 block of Ames Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 46-year-old Damon Edward Forbes, of Landover, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person. CCN: 24-175-658

• A Glock 48 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2300 block of Benning Road, Northeast. CCN: 24-175-685

• A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 3000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Bernard Matthews, of Southeast, D.C., for Receiving Stolen Property, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Carrying a Pistol without a License, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-175-859

• A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 5500 block of Hayes Street, Northwest. The following people were arrested: 20-year-old Davion Washington, of Northeast, D.C., and 17-year-old male juvenile, of Baltimore, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, National Firearms Act, Fugitive from Justice, and Receiving Stolen Property. CCN: 24-175-996

• A Ruger 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 600 block of Jefferson Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-176-034

• A .300 caliber “Ghost Gun” rifle and a SAR K2-45C .45 caliber handgun were recovered in the 300 block of 50th Street, Northeast. CCN: 24-176-081

• A Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of Seventh Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 26-year-old Demondre Daquan Price, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed in a Drug Free Zone, Consumption of Marijuana in a Public Space Prohibited, Resisting Arrest, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-176-082

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

• A Canik 55 TP-SFT 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 2900 block of Nelson Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 40-year-old Christopher Alan Ross, of Ft. Washington, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-176-751

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