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"Know the law. There will not be a lawsuit. As many as 39 states have some sort of qualified immunity from civil litigation for self defense."
Try reading it again. One would first have to be found not guilty because of self defense, and then their legal fees would be reimbursed by the state. So, he may still have to go before a judge or jury for the determination of self defense to become official. It's possible that the decision to bring it before a judge or jury is left to the prosecuting attorney, but it's also possible that going before ajudge or jury is required.
I'm no lawyer, but the only part of the story where I see any grounds for prosecution is that the "hero" followed the bad guy out of the store after the shooting started. I could see a prosecutor arguing that he did that with the intention of taking the law into his own hands.
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