Good morning, Washington. Last night was the NBA draft lottery, the event that determines which teams will have the privilege of making highly speculative bets on freakishly athletic basketball prodigies. The Washington Wizards have just come off of a terrible season, making them mathematically incapable of drawing a spot any worse than the fifth… which is what they drew, of course. Great.
More on Bloomingdale Shootings: The Post has the latest on yesterday’s series of shootings in Bloomingdale, which left four people injured, — one seriously — and made the evening commute in the area a mess. A brown minivan fled the scene and eventually crashed, injuring four police officers in the process and leading to the arrest of the van’s three occupants. Police Chief Lanier has speculated that the shootings were gang-related.
Loudoun Teacher Suspended For Death of Student Years Ago: The Post’s Loudoun Extra section reports some unexpected fallout from yesterday’s Hill testimony about the restraint and abuse of schoolchildren. One of the incidents highlighted in the report and testimony concerned a Texas teacher who restrained a student by lying on him, which resulted in the child’s death. No charges were filed, and the teacher now works in Loudoun County — and her bosses were apparently quite surprised to learn about the past incident. She’s been placed on administrative leave while the county reviews whether she was appropriately forthcoming about the incident when interviewing for her current job.
Final Va. Gubernatorial Debate: The Examiner’s William Flook takes one for the team, sitting through the final debate among the candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for the Virginia governorship. It sounds like things heated up a bit as Brian Moran and Creigh Deeds took collective aim at apparent front-runner Terry McAuliffe. Exciting! Or at least it’s what passes for excitement when you have three candidates with very similar policy positions and a need to differentiate themselves.
Briefly Noted: Barbara Jordan Public Charter School closing doors due to low enrollment… Man claiming to be police officer assaults teenage girl in Prince William County… Amtrak cutting some rates out of D.C. for the summer… Former AARP employee pleads guilty to fraud scheme… Maryland giving unclaimed money to residents, swears it’s not a scam despite obvious similarities to contents of your junk email folder… Civil war artillery shell found in landfill, disposed of by bomb squad… Some purple line funding to come from road projects… Traffic congestion down thanks to gas prices and sluggish economy… Virginia man sentenced to five years for fish fraud…
This Day In DCist: One year ago commenters were bummed about Benjamin Banneker’s apparent selection as the face of D.C.’s state quarter and a life-or-death standoff began between the city and a local art gallery (the lives in question belonged to some goldfish).
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