[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Critical but non-life threatening? Where I come from “critical” means “life threatening”.

Guess they do things a little slower in the South.

[LukeL]

Same here. I guess they mean a wound that isn’t bleeding and the person has stable vital signs.

[pepsionice]

There’s not much coming out yet over the incident, but I’ll wager that this was a small caliber pistol (maybe a 22-type) and that accounts for word usage of ‘non-life threatening’.

Being from Ala, I’ll also wager that it eventually comes back to some gang-related situation, or drugs in use.

[Maris Crane]

I was puzzled by the same thing.

And these people are supposed to be wordsmiths.

Sorry to be petty in a serious situation, but..

[KarlInOhio]

Critical but non-life threatening? Where I come from “critical” means “life threatening”.

Maybe serious risk of loss of an organ or limb without immediate medical treatment, but past the point where life is at risk.

[ladyjane]

Guess they do things a little slower in the South.

You sound like an arrogant northerner.