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title: "Massacre at Kent State University"
year: 1970
country: "United States"
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slug: "kent-state-shooting"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1970-05-04"
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# Massacre at Kent State University

> National Guard troops fired on anti-war students, killing four and fracturing American society over the Vietnam War and free speech.

## Summary

The Kent State shootings 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. 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. 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. 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.

## Sources

- [Massacre at Kent State University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings) - Wikipedia

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