Thursday, March 16, 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, March 6, 2023, through Monday, March 13, 2023, MPD detectives and officers recovered 47 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, March 6, 2023

• A Smith & Wesson .357 caliber revolver was recovered in the 3000 block of 14th Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 56-year-old Carlton McAllister, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 23-035-390

• A Glock 43 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 5000 block of Queen’s Stroll Place, Southeast. CCN: 23-035-631

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

• A Caspian Arms 1911 .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 4200 block of Hunt Place, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 48-year-old Dandrea Reginald Grayton, of no fixed address, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. CCN: 23-036-039

• A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 300 block of Anacostia Avenue Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Andre Rushing, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License – Gun Free Zone, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, National Firearms Act, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-036-069

• A Springfield Armory XD-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3500 block of Jay Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 28-year-old Jerome Cedric White, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-036-112

• A MasterPiece Arms 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 3800 block of Ninth Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 19-year-old Terrence Fuller, of Oxon Hill, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Entry, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 23-036-360