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So, you're correct that active emergencies take priority.
That being said, in essentially every place that has 911, both numbers connect to the same place and the only real difference is pick-up order and default response.
It's the emergency number not simply because it's only for emergencies but because it's the number that's the same everywhere that you need to know in the event of an emergency.
It should be used in any situation where it should be dealt with by someone now, and that someone isn't you. Finding a serious crime has occurred is an emergency, even if the perpetrator is gone and the situation is stable.
A dead person, particularly a potential murder, generally needs to be handled quickly.
It's also usually better to err on the side of 911, just in case it is an emergency that really needs the fancy features 911 often gives, like location lookups.