A 30-year-old Bowie man already on supervised release for a gunpoint robbery has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison after police caught him carrying a loaded Glock 22 near Washington, D.C.'s U Street corridor. Tyzell Myrick pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon before a federal judge handed down the sentence.
According to DailyVoice.com, the case traces back to an encounter near the Crown gas station on Florida Avenue NW, where police spotted the outline of a firearm protruding from Myrick's pants. A search turned up a .40-caliber Glock 22 loaded with 21 rounds total — one already chambered and 20 more in the magazine. The outlet reports the arrest happened around midnight on August 17, 2025, though a separate Justice Department account describes officers stopping Myrick and recovering the weapon during a pat-down on June 12, 2026; the two sources do not agree on when the stop occurred.
Myrick was a convicted felon at the time, which made possessing the firearm itself a federal crime regardless of any other circumstances. He was already on supervised release stemming from a 2017 armed robbery of a Maryland GameStop, in which he brandished a firearm and was later handed an 84-month prison sentence for that offense, per the same account.
A Guilty Plea and a Contested Sentencing Date
The station's report states Myrick pleaded guilty in June 2026 to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon. Prosecutors had asked the court to impose 41 months behind bars, but U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras instead sentenced him to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release once he completes his term.
The exact date of that sentencing is disputed in available records. DailyVoice.com reports the sentencing took place on September 30, 2026, while a separate, lower-confidence Justice Department snippet lists the sentencing date as May 21, 2026. Neither account resolves which date reflects the actual court proceeding.
Case Tied to Broader Federal Enforcement Effort
A Justice Department record identifies Myrick as a previously convicted felon residing in Bowie, Maryland, who was sentenced in the District of Columbia to 33 months in federal prison for the firearm offense. A separate, low-confidence Justice Department snippet indicates Myrick was indicted on a federal firearms charge on August 22, 2025, as part of the government's “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative, though that account lists his age at the time as 29.
The investigation involved both local and federal agencies: the Metropolitan Police Department and ATF’s Washington Field Office investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Liss prosecuted it. That division reflects the joint enforcement structure laid out in the executive order behind the initiative. The Justice Department’s case announcement identifies the investigators and prosecutor.
Federal firearms cases became a larger part of the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s enforcement effort in 2025. The office said it brought charges against 24 defendants in April of that year—more than twice its monthly average since January 2021—and had brought 42 firearms prosecutions under the initiative since its launch. Those figures count charges and prosecutions, not convictions. The office’s May 2025 announcement described the initiative as prioritizing federal firearms cases and seeking tougher penalties.
The initiative rests on a March 27, 2025, executive order that established a D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force to coordinate federal agencies with local officials on public safety. Its listed federal participants include the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, ATF and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. The order provides the broader framework for the firearms enforcement effort under which Myrick’s case was prosecuted. The executive order establishing the task force also calls for information-sharing and joint priorities with local officials.
The photo associated with the case is credited to the U.S. Attorney's Office. With Myrick's federal sentence now handed down, he faces three years of court supervision once his prison term ends — supervision that will follow closely on the heels of the release period he was already serving when he was stopped with the loaded Glock.
