Kent State shootings
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| Kent State shootings | |
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| John Filo‘s Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after the unarmed student was fatally shot by an Ohio National Guardsman | |
| Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap | |
| Location | Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States |
| Date | May 4, 1970; 55 years ago 12:24 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time: UTC−4) |
| Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 9 |
| Victims | Kent State University students |
| Perpetrators | Companies A and C, 1-145th Infantry and Troop G, 2-107th Armored Cavalry of the Ohio National Guard |
| Accused | Lawrence ShaferJames McGeeJames PierceWilliam PerkinsRalph ZollerBarry MorrisLeon H. SmithMatthew J. McManus |
| Verdict | Not guilty |
| Charges | Deprivation of rights under color of law |
| Judge | Frank J. Battisti |
| May 4, 1970, Kent State Shootings Site | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
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| Location | 0.5 mi. SE of the intersection of E. Main St. and S. Lincoln St., Kent, Ohio |
| Coordinates |  41.1501°N 81.3433°W |
| Area | 17.24 acres (6.98 ha)[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000046[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 2010[1] |
| Designated NHL | December 23, 2016 |
The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre or May 4 massacre)[3][4][5] were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio, United States.[6] The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by United States military forces, as well as protesting the National Guard presence on campus and the draft.[7] Twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom sustained permanent paralysis.[8] Students Allison Krause, 19, Jeffrey Miller, 20, and Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, died on the scene, while William Schroeder, 19, was pronounced dead at Robinson Memorial Hospital in nearby Ravenna shortly afterward.[9][10]
Krause and Miller were among the more than 300 students who gathered to protest the expansion of the Cambodian campaign, which President Richard Nixon had announced in an April 30 television address. Scheuer and Schroeder were in the crowd of several hundred others who had been observing the proceedings more than 300 feet (91 m) from the firing line; like most observers, they watched the protest during a break between their classes.[11][12]
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