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.
Yes, “both” was presumably meant to refer to “the second” and Lind, but when you set up a “One, The Other, Both” structure, “both” would normally mean “one” and “the other”.
The fix is not difficult. But no one proofs their own product, and no one else does either. Or maybe it’s considered a microaggression for any editor to salvage the “journalist’s” verbal mess.