I would worry about the clerks actions of trying to close up the store being interpreted in a court setting as provocation. I can just here an attorney describe about how one of the shoplifters was in fear of their life when the doors were pulled closed.nakedbike wrote: At that moment is when deadly force may have been justified. Preventing me from fleeing from multi actors would put the fear for my life in me. Would that be when it turned into aggravated assault/robbery?
It would be a different matter if the gang had simply grabbed the clerk without any action that could be considered provocation.