I’m not sure that is what happened.
The article is written in 202os’ “word salad” style where you can’t tell who did what to who or what the result was, or even how many people were involved. But it says that the two arrested were arrested for the death of a “fellow squatter”, which implies that neither of the two was the property owner.
Nowhere in the posted part of the article do they affirmatively state that the impaling did not kill the property owner, which should have been established in the same sentence that first mentions the impaling.
This is what you were referring to...
One of the people shot, a 31-year-old Vallejo resident, died at the scene, according to the Chronicle. The other person, who is 27, was taken to an area hospital, along with Lind. Both were in critical condition, police said.BOTH??? One died at the scene and the other was taken to a hospital. I guess you COULD argue the dead guy is in very critical condition.