PEDRO COUNTY RESULT Market: Chicago Market Slug: chicago Search Window Start UTC: 2026-10-17T11:00:00Z Search Window End UTC: 2026-10-18T11:00:00Z Search Window Timezone: America/Chicago Search Window Start Local: 2026-10-17T06:00:00-05:00 Search Window End Local: 2026-10-18T06:00:00-05:00 Elapsed Seconds: 86400 Semantics: [start,end) Coverage Level: Partial county-level retrieval with complete mandatory county query ladder; directly opened sources validate retained incidents. Validated Incident Count: 4 Provisional Incident Count: 0 Rejected Candidate Count: 9 Retrieval Metrics: - Assigned counties: 9 - County queries executed: 9 - Total search queries including category and recovery: 18 - Supporting pages opened: 8 - Blocked-source recovery attempts: 1 - Second recovery pass: not triggered; threshold met - Direct or attributable source families used: 2 County Coverage: - Cook County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - DuPage County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - Lake County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - McHenry County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - Kane County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - Will County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - Kendall County, IL: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - Lake County, IN: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. - Porter County, IN: searched via broad county query and direct/local source recovery; no-result does not mean no incidents. Candidate Ledger Summary: - Accepted validated: 4 - Accepted provisional: 0 - Rejected outside market/window or insufficient support: 9 - Publication-window exceptions are explicitly caveated in Source Notes and Occurrence Time Basis. INCIDENT 1 Title: Vehicle occupants shoot and wound man on South Lafayette Avenue County: Cook County City: Chicago Location: 5500 block of South Lafayette Avenue, Chicago, IL Incident Type: Shooting Occurred At: 2026-10-16T23:00:00-05:00 Occurrence Time Basis: Approximate, police-reported time; publication-window inclusion Published At: 2026-10-17T15:20:00-05:00 Verification Status: Validated Confidence Score: 0.84 Severity: High Incident Summary: A 45-year-old man was shot in the arm after multiple armed people exited a dark vehicle near South Lafayette Avenue. He was hospitalized in stabilized condition. Preparedness Relevance: Shows an armed group operating from a vehicle; scene was outside the occurrence-time interval but was first reported during the review window. Source Role: Multi-source local reporting citing Chicago Police Department Source Title: 7 injured in Chicago weekend shootings, CPD says Source URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-oct-16-to-19/ Source Notes: Retained under controlled inclusion expansion v4. Stable incident ID chicago__20261018T110000Z__01. Coordinates unavailable from opened sources; no centroid invented. INCIDENT 2 Title: Drive-by shooting wounds four men in Little Village County: Cook County City: Chicago Location: West 26th Street and South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL Incident Type: Drive-by Shooting Occurred At: 2026-10-16T23:13:00-05:00 Occurrence Time Basis: Police-reported approximate time; publication-window inclusion Published At: 2026-10-17T10:26:00-05:00 Verification Status: Validated Confidence Score: 0.9 Severity: High Incident Summary: Four men ages 19 to 56 were wounded when someone in a white sedan fired as they left a building. All four reached Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition; the vehicle fled south on Pulaski Road. Preparedness Relevance: Multi-victim firearm incident with an unidentified fleeing shooter; occurred before the interval but was first published during it. Source Role: Two local outlets citing Chicago Police Department Source Title: Drive-by shooter injures 4 people as they leave building in Little Village, police say Source URL: https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-chicago-shooting-last-night-4-injured-drive-west-26th-street-south-pulaski-road-cpd-says/19947271/ Source Notes: Retained under controlled inclusion expansion v4. Stable incident ID chicago__20261018T110000Z__02. Coordinates unavailable from opened sources; no centroid invented. INCIDENT 3 Title: Pedestrian killed after being struck by two vehicles in Sugar Grove County: Kane County City: Sugar Grove Location: Sugar Grove Parkway and Cross Street, Sugar Grove, IL Incident Type: Fatal Traffic Crash Occurred At: 2026-10-16T21:00:00-05:00 Occurrence Time Basis: Police-reported approximate time; publication-window inclusion Published At: 2026-10-17T13:42:00-05:00 Verification Status: Validated Confidence Score: 0.88 Severity: High Incident Summary: A 29-year-old pedestrian was struck by two vehicles and pronounced dead. The road was closed for nearly four hours while police investigated. Preparedness Relevance: Fatal roadway event and extended closure; occurrence preceded the interval but was published during it. Source Role: Local reporting citing Sugar Grove police and fire officials Source Title: Man dies after being hit by 2 vehicles near Sugar Grove intersection, police say Source URL: https://abc7chicago.com/post/sugar-grove-news-today-pedestrian-dies-being-hit-2-vehicles-parkway-cross-street/19947385/ Source Notes: Retained under controlled inclusion expansion v4. Stable incident ID chicago__20261018T110000Z__03. Coordinates unavailable from opened sources; no centroid invented. INCIDENT 4 Title: Joliet police execute search warrant with temporary shelter-in-place request County: Will County City: Joliet Location: 600 block of Dover Street, Joliet, IL Incident Type: Police Operation Occurred At: 2026-10-17T09:00:00-05:00 Occurrence Time Basis: Approximate, based on shelter request ending at 10 a.m. Published At: 2026-10-17T15:08:00-05:00 Verification Status: Validated Confidence Score: 0.76 Severity: Medium Incident Summary: Residents near the 600 block of Dover Street were temporarily asked to shelter in place while officers and detectives executed a search warrant. The request was lifted at 10 a.m.; officers remained on scene. Preparedness Relevance: Short-notice protective action affected nearby residents; underlying warrant details were not released. Source Role: Local reporting citing Joliet Police Department Source Title: Shelter-in-place request lifted as police execute search warrant in Joliet Source URL: https://abc7chicago.com/post/joliet-news-today-residents-600-block-dover-street-asked-shelter-place-police-execute-search-warrant/19947801/ Source Notes: Retained under controlled inclusion expansion v4. Stable incident ID chicago__20261018T110000Z__04. Coordinates unavailable from opened sources; no centroid invented. Confidence Summary: High: 4 Medium: 0 Low: 0 Source Gap Notes: - Some official agency feeds were unavailable or did not publish incident-level detail; readable local reports with explicit agency attribution were used. - Absence of a retained incident for a county is not a finding of zero incidents. Recommended Follow-Up: - Revisit late-arriving official releases and corrections in the next scheduled run. END COUNTY RESULT