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Good morning, Washington. Well, this is it. My last Morning Roundup. I should probably have some profound or contemplative opening remarks to share here, but certain members of the DCist staff forced me to drink alcohol last night, so I’m writing this curled up in the fetal position, nursing a headache like you wouldn’t believe. It’s just as it should be, really. How could I not give our beloved commenters one last chance to complain about the lateness of my roundups? It’s the ultimate DCist tradition!

Triple Shooting at 8th and V NW: Three men were shot and seriously wounded not far from Howard University on Wednesday evening, the Post reports. “Several off-duty officers near the 9:30 club, a popular music venue, heard gunshots about 7:40 p.m., said assistant police chief Diane Groomes. The off-duty officers then ran about two blocks to Eighth and V streets, where they found two victims, Groomes said. The third wounded man, who had also been shot around Eighth and V, ran a few blocks to a nearby McDonald’s.” Two of the men are said to have life-threatening injuries.

Hundreds of Drunk Driving Convictions Based on Flawed Test: Let the lawsuits begin! Several months after the city began reviewing the accuracy of its blood alcohol breath test machines, the Post’s Mary Pat Flaherty reports that a D.C. police error has led to nearly 400 drunk driving convictions that were based at least in part on faulty results. D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles is now tasked with notifying the drivers of the errors. “The District’s badly calibrated equipment would show a driver’s blood-alcohol content to be about 20 percent higher than it actually was, Nickles said. All 10 of the breath test machines used by District police were wrong, he said. The problem occurred when the officer in charge of maintaining the machines improperly set the baseline alcohol concentration levels, Nickles said.”

Another Bribery Scandal at OTR: Bribery charges have been filed against an Office of Tax and Revenue investigator and her businessman pal, Scott McCabe reports in the Examiner. Prosecutors allege that Shelly-Ann Wicker accepted cash payments from corporate tax consultant John Craul in exchange for help obtaining “obscure” sales tax breaks for his clients. “The alleged scheme lasted between 2005 and 2007, ending mere months before the FBI uncovered a different $50 million scandal in the same office.” Craul denies the charges in comments to the Examiner, claiming he merely lent Wicker some money, which she paid back.

Briefly Noted: Triple shooting in Oxon Hill … Maryland civil rights chief faces drunken driving charges … New chairperson sworn in to D.C Historic Preservation Review Board … ABC Board hears testimony on whether to end Georgetown’s liquor license moratorium … Family of man shot by police in D.C.’s Trinidad area want probe, officers’ trial … Extra Metro cars blamed on lack of training.

This Day in DCist: In 2009, James von Brunn opened fire at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, striking and killing security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns.