MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: June 30 to July 6, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 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 30, 2025, through Sunday, July 6, 2025, MPD detectives and officers recovered 70 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 30, 2025
A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of Maple View Place, Southeast. CCN: 25-097-824
A Hopkins & Allen 36 .38 caliber revolver was recovered in the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 48-year-old Dwayne Jovan Taylor, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License (Gun Free Zone) and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 25-097-886
A Glock 29 10mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 29-year-old John Calvin Harris, of Temple Hills, MD, for Carrying a Pistol Without a License (Gun Free Zone), Felon in Possession, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Fugitive from Justice, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Resisting Arrest, Loaning Registration, Misuse of Temporary Tags, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. CCN: 25-097-897
A SCCY Industries CPX-2 9mm caliber handgun and a Glock 26 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 4100 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., and 15-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property, and Consumption of Marijuana in a Public Space Prohibited. CCN: 25-098-098
A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Andre D. Scott, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Unlawful Discarding of Firearms/Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of Implements of a Crime, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity of Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-098-218
A Glock 29 10mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the Unit block of Galveston Place, Southwest. The following person was arrested: 31-year-old Jabari Larico Simmons, of Southwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity of Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-098-299