FILE - Ohio National Guard soldiers move in on war protestors at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, May 4, 1970. Four persons were killed and multiple people were wounded when National Guardsmen opened fire. FILE - A general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University in Kent Ohio, May 4, 1970. U.S. National Guardsmen opened fire during the protests killing four students and wounding five.
The university, ordered evacuated after the shooting, was virtually deserted this morning and under heavy police and military guard. Guard officials claimed Monday and again today that the Guardsmen were returning the fire of a small caliber weapon in defense of their lives. A student crowd had surrounded some 30 Guardsmen and were throwing rocks and chunks of concrete at them.
Eight other persons, including two guardsmen were hospitalized. One of the two guardsmen was treated for shock and the other had collapsed from exhaustion. Nixon said that he would order a Justice Department investigation if the state so requested and Gov. James A. Rhodes then asked for the FBI to carry out an inquiry.
Some students contended the “sniper” actually was one of several student photographers atop Taylor Hall. Brig. Gen. Robert H. Canterbury, who was in direct command of the guard contingent on the campus, said no order was given to shoot.
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