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Without any apparent orders, some guardsmen opened fire. Shots were fired into the air, into the ground, but also directly at people. A total of 67 shots were fired, hitting 13 people and killing 4 of them.
Without any apparent orders, some guardsmen opened fire. Shots were fired into the air, into the ground, but also directly at people. A total of 67 shots were fired, hitting 13 people and killing 4 of them.
Although the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard said that a sniper had fired a shot, Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]] said that there was no justification for the guardsmen to fire into the crowd at all.
Although the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard said that a sniper had fired a shot, many Americans felt that there was no justification for the guardsmen to fire into the crowd at all.
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==Notes==
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