Self defense is ONLY defending your own life from imminent danger. However, there are other defenses for retaliation to protect others. Different states treat this sort of thing differently, but that really doesn't matter here. This is just a symantical issue about the legal term self defense.
The real issue here is if, regardless of the outcome, he actually reduced the danger to the employees/customers by his actions or if he actually made the situation worse for them but it worked out.
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