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Heard on: Burke County Public Safety · 1/19/2026 07:16 PM
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Go ahead, Burke.
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Can you? Ten twenty-five St.
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Deputies check welfare after loud boom near church

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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies responded to a welfare check near St. John Church Avenue and NC 18 South after a caller reported hearing a loud boom. Units searched the area, encountering a man running nearby, but no accident or disturbance was found. The source of the noise could not be determined.

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S Sterling St & E Parker Rd, Morganton, NC 28655
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