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