MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: June 2 to June 9, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
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, June 2, 2025, through Monday, June 9, 2025, MPD detectives and officers recovered 53 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, June 2, 2025
A Smith & Wesson M&P40 Shield .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 53-year-old Edlandis Lamont Branch, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon in Possession, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Obliterate, Remove, Change, or Alter the Serial Number of a Firearm. CCN: 25-082-346
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
A Canik Mete SFT 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of First Place, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Marlon Ricardo Hill, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Tampering with Physical Evidence. CCN: 25-083-015
A Palmetto State Armory Dagger Micro 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1800 block of Benning Road, Northeast. CCN: 25-083-072