I thought that only applied to someone's house and stand your ground was the one that applied anywhere. I read the article and he was saying his car keys were in the store and he's fat so he was scared they would go after him

I can't even be mad cuz most of the bullshyt crimes in that area involve someone getting shot for their car on top of whatever the main crime was. He still shouldn't just left tho, fighting a murder charge is stress even if you know you gonna beat it.
Also I don't know wtf is going on with Portland but post-pandemic it's been nothing but extremely bold robberies all over the place

better off living in Beaverton/Hillsborough or across the bridge in Vancouver in low traffic neighborhoods
nikkas with 1 gun running up in houses with 4-5 cars parked in the driveway and the lights still on indoors, like 8-9pm

how you see a house FULL of people and still feel bold enough to try to run up in there? city filled with young mentally ill crashouts low-key.
And that is how a regular civilian ends up ruining their life getting sent to jail with real criminals because you can't control your emotions
he didn't leave because his car keys were in there and he was scared they would walk him down afterwards, not because he just felt like teaching them a lesson.
Imo it's still a dumb idea, you cant just shoot someone and go home, even if you in the right.
He had to sit in a cell for God knows how long and go through the entire legal process for a year instead of just leaving and telling 911 and his boss the place got robbed 
you got a year of life to waste over a store and products that you don't own?
If he was the store owner it's different, but every job makes it a point to tell employees to not get into combat with robbers.
They ain't personally robbing you, everything in that store can be replaced except your life, had he died after coming back he would've looked like a HUGE dumbass for going John Wick over a company he doesn't own.