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neutral ending: some say it was okay, Agnew said it was not
On May 4, around 2,000 people gathered for a previously planned protest rally, despite the university's announcement of a ban or cancellation. When a police official ordered the crowd to disperse, his Jeep was "pelted with rocks" and one guardsman was injured. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kent_State_shootings&oldid=195418354] The two guard units advanced with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets and partly succeeded in dispersing the crowd, but remaining students threw rocks and tear gas canisters at the guardsmen.
On May 4, around 2,000 people gathered for a previously planned protest rally, despite the university's announcement of a ban or cancellation. When a police official ordered the crowd to disperse, his Jeep was "pelted with rocks" and one guardsman was injured. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kent_State_shootings&oldid=195418354] The two guard units advanced with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets and partly succeeded in dispersing the crowd, but remaining students threw rocks and tear gas canisters at the guardsmen.
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 in 13 seconds).
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.