Followup CO: Clerk who Shot Robbery Suspect Fired by Shell Gas Station

"He's (the clerk) probably glad that he was able to protect himself and I don't know he would go back and do it another way," said John Campbell, a law professor at the University of Denver.

But Campbell adds Suncor, the company that owns the Shell gas station and convenience store, had every right to fire the employee. "Although this may have played out in a way that was self-defense, they (Suncor) may view it as a bad idea to have employees generally armed because the next person might misread a situation and shoot a customer," he said.
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