MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: May 26, to June 2, 2025
Thursday, June 5, 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 worktirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, May 26, 2025, through Monday, June 2, 2025, MPD detectives and officers recovered 43 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, May 26, 2025
A Cobra CA-380 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 100 block of L Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 68-year-old Carolyn Wright-Shuman, of Ocala, FL, for Carrying a Pistol without a License. CCN: 25-078-396
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
A Taurus G2C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Jahlen Cyril Jones, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property, Felon in Possession, Resisting Arrest, Unlawful Discarding of Firearms/Ammunition, and Possession with a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-078-892
A Taurus PT-111 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1300 block of Brentwood Road, Northeast. The following people were arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Silver Spring, MD, and 48-year-old Raphael Parker, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Felon in Possession, Assault on a Police Officer, Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person, and Possession with a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-079-044
A Taurus G3C 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 1100 block of Eastern Avenue, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 27-year-old Mark Orlando Frye, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Assault on a Police Officer, No Permit, and Fleeing from a Law Enforcement Officer. CCN: 25-079-091
A Taurus G3 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3200 block of 21st Street, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 19-year-old Jabari Brown, of Northeast, D.C., and 15-year-old male juvenile, of Capitol Heights, MD, for Armed Carjacking, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Fleeing from a Law Enforcement Officer in a Motor Vehicle, Reckless Driving, and Possession with a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 25-079-116
A Hi-Point JHP .45 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2300 block of Ainger Place, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Unlawful Discarding of Firearms/Ammunition. CCN: 25-079-121