Lack of access to comprehensive firearm trace and recovery data makes it difficult to obtain information on how often specific makes, models, and calibers of firearms are recovered by law enforcement in connection with a crime. The following examples of .22 assault weapons and assault shotguns recovered from crime scenes is drawn primarily from news reports and the limited information released by individual law enforcement agencies.
Smith & Wesson M&P 15-55 .22 caliber assault rifle was recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. on October 17, 2024 and a suspect was charged with Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Fugitive from Justice, and Robbery.
Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 .22 caliber rifle was recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. on October 17, 2024.
American Tactical Omni Hybrid 300 Blackout .22 caliber assault rifle was recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. on August 1, 2024 and a suspect was charged with Carrying a Rifle or Shotgun outside a Home or Business, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.
Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 .22 caliber assault rifle was recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. on July 10, 2024. A suspect was arrested and charged with Carrying a Rifle or Shotgun outside a Home or Business, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.
Mossberg 715T .22 caliber assault rifle was recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 2024.
Hammerli Arms .22 caliber assault rifle recovered by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 2024. Suspects were arrested and charged with Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Felon in Possession, Assault on a Police Officer (Simple Assault), Destruction of Property, Obstructing Justice, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Prohibited Possession of Certain Dangerous Weapons, and Threat to Kidnap or Injure a Person.
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/assault-on-dc/
American Tactical .22 caliber assault rifle recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. with suspect charged with simple assault, threat to kidnap or injure a person, and carrying a rifle outside a home or business in 2024
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/assault-on-dc/
Murder with a .22 assault rifle at a Texas Sonic restaurant in 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/11/texas-sonic-murder-boy-rifle/
Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 .22 caliber assault rifle recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. in 2023
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/assault-on-dc/
Mossberg .22 assault rifle seized by Rhode Island High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force during arrest of two individuals for narcotics and weapons offenses in 2023
https://fallriverreporter.com/rhode-island-state-police-hidta-task-force-seize-8-guns-drugs-21000-in-cash-after-arresting-2/
Mossberg 715P .22 caliber assault pistol recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. with suspect charged with multiple firearm-related charges in 2023
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/assault-on-dc/
German Sports Guns GSG-5 .22 caliber assault rifle recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. with suspect charged with recklessly endangering a child’s physical, mental, or emotional health, as well as multiple firearm-related charges in 2023
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/assault-on-dc/
Charles Daly AR-12A 12-gauge assault shotgun recovered by Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. in 2023
https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/assault-on-dc/
AR-12 shotgun seized by Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team during investigation in 2022
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Panzer Arms AR-12 shotgun recovered from convicted felon in Pueblo, Colorado in 2022
https://www.kktv.com/2022/04/01/convicted-felon-allegedly-possession-meth-stolen-car-colorado-springs-panzer-arms-ar-12-shotgun-arrested-pueblo/
AR-12 shotgun with 50-round drum magazine seized by Tuskegee, Alabama police in shooting incident in 2022
https://www.waka.com/2022/07/13/tuskegee-police-arrest-two-in-shooting-incident-while-responding-to-a-separate-call-weapons-and-drugs-seized/
Drug-related incident with shots fired involving a .22 assault rifle in Tennessee in 2020
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/five-arrested-after-greene-co-authorities-respond-to-shots-fired-call/
https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/shots-fired-lead-to-multiple-drug-arrests/article_c9362512-42b8-11ea-a288-67c87fe0dc4e.html
GSG and Smith & Wesson .22 assault rifles seized in Connecticut in 2016 drug arrest
https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-man-nabbed-on-drug-weapons-charges-8118239.php
Mossberg .22 assault rifle recovered from a felon in possession of drugs and a firearm in Waterloo, Iowa in 2015
https://waterloopolice.com/press-release/1446-guns-seized-and-arrest-made-in-shooting-incidents.html
M&P 15 .22 assault rifle seized during investigation into the distribution of cocaine in Delaware County, Pennsylvania in 2013
https://www.delcotimes.com/2013/04/03/guns-and-drugs-confiscated-in-collingdale-raid/
Murder with a .22 assault rifle in Alabama in 2012
https://www.waka.com/2018/12/03/wilcox-co-man-on-trial-for-murder-of-dallas-co-man/
https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2012/12/21/after-treatment-murder-suspect-in-custody/
