Photo by Brian Oh

Good morning, Washington. Feel free to wear any sort of hat today without spending quite so too much time physically hanging on to it. This weekend’s brutal wind has finally died down (the Capital Weather Gang says we should only see light breezes of 5 to 10 mph).

Body of Ballou Student, D.C. Council Intern Found: By all accounts, Alonte Sutton had a promising life ahead of him. The 18-year-old Ballou High School senior was set to graduate in June, had solid grades and had scored an internship with D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown. So it’s been a real shock for friends and family to learn that he was found shot to death in a wooded area in Southeast D.C. on Sunday afternoon. The Post reports that witnesses say the killing may have stemmed from a dispute over giving someone a ride. “… Sutton, who was seen Saturday putting tires on a car on Newcomb Street, had been in a dispute with a man after Sutton refused to give the man’s girlfriend a ride somewhere. Sometime after that dispute, family members and friends said, the man returned with a gun and opened fire on Sutton, following him as he tried to flee into the woods.”

WMATA Suicide Prevention Plan on Hold: There’s no question that there’s been a dramatic increase in the number of suicides-by-Metrorail over the last several years. Metro is well aware of the phenomenon, and had promised to start a new training program as well as a public education campaign aimed at suicide prevention. But as the Examiner reports, the program was originally supposed to start in February, but now in May, it hasn’t even gotten off the ground. Looks like it’s just been put on the back burner — a spokesperson told the paper the campaign is “still in development,” though there may be $100,000 for it in next year’s budget.

Briefly Noted: O’Malley to announce statewide drop in crime … Three pedestrians struck by van in District Heights … Nori Amaya murder still unsolved.

This Day in DCist: In 2007, Metro was warning customers about a rise in iPod thefts … glad to see so much has changed since then.