re: So the employee that shot the robber is in custody

In SC it was communicated clearly that you can’t leave safety to go and engage somebody with your gun. Like it or not that’s on you as you can’t kill somebody defending property.

Now, if you go out and yell at the perp and they charge you - you would have a case of self defense. But the first question the DA is going to ask is “why did you go outside rather than call the cops”. In this case you created the situation.

I don’t like it, but that’s the law as I understand it at least in SC and I don’t want to go to jail for killing somebody trying to steal my car.