Graphic Content: The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) occurred at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, in the United States and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance. There was a significant national response to the shootings. Hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of four million students, and the event further affected public opinion {at an already socially contentious time} over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.
Location Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States Date May 4, 1970 12:24 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time: UTC−4) Attack type Mass shooting Deaths 4 Injured 9 Killed (and approximate distance from the National Guard): Allison Beth Krause: 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound; dead on arrival. Jeffrey Glenn Miller: 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth; killed instantly. Sandra Lee Scheuer: 390 ft (120 m) fatal neck wound; died a few minutes later from loss of blood. William Knox Schroeder: 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound; died almost an hour later in a local hospital while undergoing surgery. He was a member of the campus ROTC battalion.
Wounded (and approximate distance from the National Guard): Joseph Lewis Jr.; 71 ft (22 m); hit twice; once in his right abdomen and once in his lower left leg. John R. Cleary; 110 ft (34 m); upper left chest wound. Thomas Mark Grace; 225 ft (69 m); hit in his left ankle. Alan Michael Canfora; 225 ft (69 m); hit in his right wrist.[62] Dean R. Kahler; 258 ft (79 m); back wound fracturing the vertebrae; permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Douglas Alan Wrentmore; 329 ft (100 m); hit in his right knee. James Dennis Russell; 375 ft (114 m); hit in his right thigh from a bullet and grazed on his right forehead by either a bullet or birdshot; both wounds minor (wounded near the Memorial Gymnasium, away from most of the other students). Robert Follis Stamps; 495 ft (151 m); hit in his right buttock. Donald Scott MacKenzie; 750 ft (230 m); neck wound.
Perpetrators Companies A and C, 1-145th Infantry and Troop G, 2-107th Armored Cavalry of the Ohio National Guard Accused: Lawrence Shafer James McGee James Pierce William Perkins Ralph Zoller Barry Morris Leon H. Smith Matthew J. McManus Verdict Not guilty Charges Deprivation of rights under color of law Judge Frank J. Battisti
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