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Good morning, Washington. It was an incredibly violent Halloween night around the District, as at least six people were shot in various locations around the city. The most visible incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on the 2800 block of M Street NW in Georgetown, where a teen was gunned down from a car. The investigation into the shooting continued this morning, snarling traffic. In addition to the Georgetown incident, two people were shot at Georgia Avenue and Decatur Street NW, and others were struck by bullets at Ninth and Crittenden Streets NW, near the New York Avenue station, and on the 4400 block of Seventh Street SE. At this point, it’s unclear if any of the shootings have resulted in deaths, though several of the victims are in critical condition.

All Opinions on Deck: The rash of shootings comes as the Post takes the temperature of MPD’s All Hands on Deck initiative, which celebrated it’s fifth anniversary last month. Response to the initiative from residents is unsurprisingly mixed, as most issues involving cops generally tend to be. But despite repeated complaints from the police union, it sounds as if an influx of new officers will bolster Chief Cathy Lanier’s commitment to the program.

Gray on Brown: Mayor Vince Gray apparently feels “vindicated” by the findings of a report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the Sulaimon Brown affair. (You can read the entire report here, if you’d like.) “There is just no credibility” to Brown, Gray told reporters yesterday; of course, we wonder how the report’s going over in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, who will be the ones to decide whether or not to prosecute Gray or his staff. Meanwhile, the Mayor — as well as Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) — will be deposed during a legal matter involving the firing of Eric Payne, who blew the whistle on the city’s controversial lottery dealings.

Fewer People Riding Metro: The region’s biggest transit agency admits that it expects ridership to drop in the next year, reports the Examiner. In a report to be delivered to Metro’s board of directors later this week, the agency blames several things for the projected drop, including unemployment figures, potential changes to federal transit benefits, and the manual operations put into place after the fatal 2009 Fort Totten crash. (We’re guessing most would say they’re barely scratching the surface there.)

Briefly Noted: In first day of second week of trial, jurors hear from detectives in Lululemon murder trial…Virginia man pleads guilty in killing of nun…Tolls on Maryland bridges, tunnels go up today…Police make arrest in shooting of Howard freshman…Reagan statue to be unveiled at National Airport today…You know who else liked personalized stationery?

This Day in DCist: Last year, we decried the Halloween Candy Buy Back and we were sorting through hundreds of photographs from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s rally.