USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 40 mi (64 km) south of Cleveland.

Detailed explanation-2: -You are here. On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was one of nine students who were injured. In just 13 seconds, four students were killed. Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer were all shot dead. Susan Ostiemer was a freshman in 1970.

Detailed explanation-4: -On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight, and permanently paralyzing another.

Detailed explanation-5: -In May 1970, students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4, the Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War.