Sowle's Kent State Massacre
Who?
two boys and two girls
Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Knox Schroeder
What happened?
Four killed, 9 wounded, 1 of those was paralyzed
rowdy mob went downtown and broke windows
burned ROTC building down
Where?
Kent University, Kent, Ohio
National Guard fired 67 shots
from M-14 rifles, .45 caliber pistols
When?
May 4th, 1970
Shooting Date
May 5th, 1970
burned ROTC building
May 6th
Governor Rhodes closed campus down
Why?
Students were angry about recent excursions into Cambodia
Guard opened fire because they thought there was a sniper on nearby rooftop