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Good ideas and analysis so far. The only thing I can add to the discussion at this point is I would likely have positioned myself slightly differently from the robbers when they were proned on the ground, and handled myself slightly differently upon arrival of first responders. If possible, I would have tried to position myself or order them to position their heads so they could not see me while I held them at gunpoint. When the (hopefully uniformed) police arrived, my preference would be to immediately place my handgun on the ground, barrel pointing toward the robbers, possibly under my foot, while holding my arms out to the sides and fingers spread. This way, I would hope to obtain a balance between reducing the responding officer's apprehension of the situation, and retaining a semblance of control over my handgun and the suspects.

If there is a bad idea here, let me know. It would be really tragic to win a fight, only to be rused by the detained VCAs into giving up situational dominance, or mistakenly shot by first responders.