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- American University was in lockdown last night after a reports of a “man with a gun” turned out to be an off-duty police officer. [DCist]
- Two Wheel Worship: Meet the graffiti artists behind those delightful bike lane stencils. (Except you won’t actually meet them because they wished to remain anonymous). [WCP]
- The neighbor of an 80-year-old veteran stuck in a care facility has turned to crowdfunding to help him get back his apartment. [Post]
- Head’s up: There are some delays on the Red Line this morning. [Post]
- It’s official: Shanahan benches RGIII for the rest of the season. [AP via WAMU]
- A deadly accident on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway has closed the Northbound lanes between Kenilworth Avenue and New York Avenue as police investigate. [NBC4]
- R.I.P. local blues legend Chris Polk. [In A Blue Mood]
- The LLC Loophole Loophole: Sure, the D.C. Council unanimously voted to close the LLC loophole in new campaign finance reform legislation, but that doesn’t mean they’ll start following those rules until they have to. [WAMU]
- Shaw’s newest brewpub, Right Proper, opened on Tuesday. While that panda mural sure is something, their beer is also pretty good, says former DCist editor Aaron Morrissey. [DCBeer]
- This Day in DCist: Media boss Joe Allbritton died at age 87.
