PEDRO COUNTY RESULT
Market: Charlotte
Window start: 2026-10-21T05:00:00Z
Window end: 2026-10-22T05:00:00Z
Timezone: America/New_York
Window semantics: [start,end)
Elapsed seconds: 86400
Coverage level: moderate — every assigned county received broad and direct-source passes plus market recovery; several source families remained thin or blocked
Validated incident count: 2

SEARCH SUMMARY
Assigned counties checked: 8 of 8
Broad county queries: 8
Direct-source county queries: 8
Alias queries: 8
Category passes: 5
Second recovery pass: completed
Blocked-source recovery: alternate readable sources and exact-claim searches used where needed
Candidate ledger entries: 5
Retained: 2; rejected: 3 (outside geography, outside timing without in-window publication, or insufficient source support)

LOCATIONS CHECKED
- Mecklenburg County, NC
- Cabarrus County, NC
- Union County, NC
- Gaston County, NC
- Lincoln County, NC
- Iredell County, NC
- York County, SC
- Lancaster County, SC

ALIAS COVERAGE
Each county was searched by county name, major municipality where applicable, and direct-source/domain variants.

SOURCE FAMILY COVERAGE
Local news, law-enforcement/public-safety reporting, fire/rescue reporting, transportation and utility/education notices were checked. Federal feeds were reviewed where relevant; not every county produced a current readable official bulletin.

KNOWN GAPS
Some official portals exposed only current rolling data or blocked automated access. Absence of a retained record is not evidence that no incident occurred. Coordinates are withheld unless the exact scene point was verified; no county centroids were invented.

INCIDENT 1
Title: SUV strikes train in Belmont; one hospitalized
County: Gaston
City: Belmont
State: NC
Incident Type: Vehicle–train collision
Occurred At: 2026-10-21T06:32:00-04:00
Occurrence Time Basis: Reported scene time
Published At: 2026-10-21T07:54:00-04:00
Event Status: developing
Verification Status: official-source-linked validated
Confidence Score: 0.88
Severity: Moderate
Location: Acme Road at Cason Street, off Perfection Avenue
Latitude: None
Longitude: None
Incident Summary: An SUV struck the side of a Charlotte & Western train in Belmont. Acme Road was temporarily closed in both directions and Gaston County EMS transported one person to a hospital.
Preparedness Relevance: Rail crossings can produce severe injury risk and localized access constraints even when networkwide traffic impacts are limited.
Source Role: Local media citing Gaston County EMS and Belmont Police
Source Title: 1 hospitalized after Belmont crash involving train
Source URL: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/1-hospitalized-after-belmont-crash-involving-train/6NVE7V2NGZB75IDV2GWLIHWKNU/
Source Notes: Exact intersection verified in source. Coordinate searches did not return an authoritative point, so coordinates are withheld.

INCIDENT 2
Title: Woman killed by stray gunfire while on Gastonia porch
County: Gaston
City: Gastonia
State: NC
Incident Type: Fatal shooting
Occurred At: 2026-10-19T16:30:00-04:00
Occurrence Time Basis: Police-release time; retained under in-window publication rule
Published At: 2026-10-21T10:00:00-04:00
Event Status: developing
Verification Status: multi-source validated
Confidence Score: 0.9
Severity: High
Location: 1900 block of Hillgate Avenue
Latitude: None
Longitude: None
Incident Summary: Gastonia police said a 68-year-old woman was killed on her back porch by gunfire not intended for her. No arrest had been announced and detectives were investigating who fired and the intended target.
Preparedness Relevance: Unresolved gunfire in a residential setting presents continuing community-safety and investigative concerns.
Source Role: Source digest linking police release and multiple local outlets
Source Title: Gastonia: 68-year-old woman killed by stray bullet on her porch, police say
Source URL: https://trianglelocalnc.com/news/2026/10/gastonia-hillgate-avenue-stray-bullet-killing/
Source Notes: Late-published incident. Block-level location only; coordinates withheld after structured searches did not identify the specific residence.

CANDIDATE LEDGER
All retained and rejected candidates were assessed for geography, window eligibility, source support, duplication and preparedness relevance. Rejections were not promoted to the importer array.

END COUNTY RESULT