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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- August 7, 2019
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Even though firearm recoveries have decreased by 26 percent as the city moved from the Spring to Summer, gun-related homicides increased in Washington, DC.
According to D.C. Witness data, there were 333 firearms collected by a program initiated through the Metropolitan Police Department from April 1 through June 30. However, D.C. Witness data shows that 448 firearms were collected from Jan. 1 through March 31.
In the first three months of 2019, there were 28 homicides in DC, according to D.C. Witness data. During the months of April, May and June, gun-related homicides increased by 24 percent bringing in a total of 34 homicides.
Out of the 34 gun-related homicides, 20 of them occurred in the Southeast quadrant of DC.
In the same quadrant, 133 guns were recovered during the same time period. There were 10 gun-related homicides in Southeast, DC between January and March, and 197 guns recovered.
From the 34 gun-related homicides, only eight of those firearms were collected by MPD, according to their communications director. All but one of those firearms were unregistered. The one registered gun is connected with a domestic violence-related homicide.
The orange markers represent firearms recovered by MPD during April 1- June 30. The blue markers represent the locations of gun-related homicides during the same time period.