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kent-state-shooting — Part 04

104 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: May 15, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: kent-state-shooting · 104 pages OCR'd
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CV 88-2140 2 croquet or softball thrown at tha jcep. The guard marched toward tha students and fired tear gas in their area. Somo of the students threw tear gas back at the guards. ne ‘tated he went to the arca of the parking lot of Pith all and subsequently to the parking lot near Dunbar Holl. He observed the guardsmen march to the football fiold and the varicus people in the area dispersed in several directions, Woe helicved there were approxinately 100 people jin the vurking let orposite the puard and seme of the students were throwing stones about the giza of golfballs at the guard. Jo observed tha guardsmen berin to march back toward Tsylor Mall and obssrved some of the people move in that general dircetion ¢from the parking lot, Sem ctatod he noticed that some of the gua’ dsmen When they veached the top of Taylor Hall scemed to ke knoeling but bits might net bo cunsc uly accurcte and thev may neve been actunlly stanainy, He didn't observe tie fusrdsmen chuooting, but ho heard what seamed to be rcpeated shots. Iie couid not Ldantisty nay of tho individuals throwinre, stones at the fuard nor ceuid he identify any of the guardsmen who fired any shots. Ne observed one pexson in the road near TfTaylor Hall, who had been shot at this time. Re stated that he was not acquainted with any of the leaGcers of the students in connection with any of these incidents and to his Inmewledge, there was no Jeadcershir. He faid he could not identify anyone who proposed violence and he had no informaticn as to the idontity of any person boing on the KSU campus who cane from gnother university ar arca, He advised that he knew the four people whe has been in custody until the Latter part of April as haviury previously atteuced MSU but he was not pursonaliy ucqurzinted with then and be had vo information indicating they were on compus between liay 1 and 4, 1970. 67
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