Even in this scenario, did this guy have all the ‘blocks’ marked and actually completed training and certificates? Based on his past...it’s a question-mark. I’ll bet the Pinkerton management crowd are asking a lot of questions about his employment at this point.
Birh Pinkerton and the news station want desperately to show self defense on the shooters part. While it won’t relieve them of all liability, it will shift some of the blame to the victim.