I think the co-owner was in the wrong here. Now before you jump all over me for saying that, let me say this as well. Had the co-owner had a gun in the store and shot the bastards while they were in the store robbing him, I would be the first in line to congratulate him.
However he made a willful act to chase them down. This is no longer protecting himself, but has now become public endangerment and is proven by him putting 2 people in the hospital.
Yesterday, in Oklahoma City, there was an attempted robery of a jewlery store. During the robery, the crook became distracted, the owner pulled out a gun and started shooting the crook. The crook shot and wounded the owner before the crook crawled into another room and died. Kudos to the owner, he was threatened as the crook had a gun. He protected himself. Chasing after someone is not protecting yourself.
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