MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Sept 30 to Oct 7, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 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, September 30, 2024, through Monday, September 7, 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, September 30, 2024
A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun and a Microtech Small Arms Micro Draco 7.62 caliber rifle were recovered in the 1700 block of Benning Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 14-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-146-650
A Smith & Wesson SW40VE .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 400 block of Condon Terrace, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 36-year-old Darious Alexander Lewis, of Southeast, D.C., for Threats to do Bodily Harm, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-151-332
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
A Ruger P-95 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 200 block of 50th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Delonte Javon Stringfellow, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Consumption of Marijuana in a Public Space Prohibited, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-152-187
