The D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office is ramping up its efforts to link suspects to illegal guns found in homes, cars and backpacks, filing search warrants for DNA and using multiple labs to get it tested.

During President Donald Trump's crime emergency that began in August, officials boasted about seizing more than 380 illegal guns, but linking those guns to people has been a challenge.

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On Oct. 30, 2024, D.C. police officers watched Jerrod Childs leave a suspected "drug house" on Ninth Street SE and got a warrant to search inside, according to a document filed in federal court. Inside, officers found drugs and guns, police said, and one of those guns has been linked to Childs.

In the court filing, police wrote, “DNA testing

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