PHOTOS: Kent State University shooting

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Kent State University shooting FILE - In a May 4, 1970 file photo, Ohio National Guard moves in on rioting students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Four persons were killed and eleven wounded when National Guardsmen opened fire. The U.S. Justice Department, citing "insurmountable legal and evidentiary barriers," won't reopen its investigation into the deadly 1970 shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez discussed the obstacles in a letter to Alan Canfora, a wounded student who requested that the investigation be reopened. The Justice Department said Tuesday, April 24, 2012 it would not comment beyond the letter. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Kent State University shooting In a May 4, 1970 file photo, a group of youths cluster around a wounded person as Ohio National Guardsmen, wearing gas masks, hold their weapons in the background, on Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio. Members of the Guards killed four students and injured nine during a campus protest against the Vietnam War. The U.S. Justice Department, citing "insurmountable legal and evidentiary barriers," won't reopen its investigation into the deadly 1970 shootings by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez discussed the obstacles in a letter to Alan Canfora, a wounded student who requested that the investigation be reopened. The Justice Department said Tuesday, April 24, 2012 it would not comment beyond the letter. (AP Photo/Douglas Moore, File) (DOUGLAS MOORE/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting Ohio Attorney General Paul Brown, center, poses in his office in Columbus, Aug. 11, 1970, with Robert L. Balyeat, right, Lima attorney, and Seabury H. Ford, Ravenna attorney, as they start to go over the huge file of data on the shooting deaths of four Kent State students. A special Grand Jury has been called for later this month and Balyeat will direct the preparation and presentation of evidence. Ford is one of the assistants. The FBI report, which is said to be the size of all of these reports, will arrive on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick) (Gene Herrick/AP)

Kent State University shooting Joseph Kelner, lead lawyer for the victims of the 1970 Kent State University shootings and their families, said jurors who cleared Ohio Gov. James Rhodes and other defendants of liability for the incident ignored the volume of evidence. We had thought the lapse of five years would bring to us the elements of a fair trial, he said. We regret to say it did not. He said the verdict will be appealed. Joseph Kelner spoke to newsmen, Aug. 27, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, flanked by the mothers of two of the four who were killed in the incident, Elaine Miller Holstein, left, of Plainview, N.Y., and Sarah Scheuer of Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett) (G. Paul Burnett/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting Crosby, Stills and Nash perform their song "Ohio" on Sunday, May 4, 1997, on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, to a crowd of approximately 7,000. The group's performance commemorates the 27th anniversary of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. The group is in the area for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday in Cleveland. From left to right are Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and David Crosby. (AP Photo/Jeff Glidden) (JEFF GLIDDEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting A marker rests near where four Kent State students were shot 37 years ago, Tuesday, April 17, 2007, in Kent, Ohio. In a sign of what's to come for Virginia Tech, universities have struggled for decades with unexpected tragedies that became their signature, at times embracing the significance; at others debating how to deal with it. It took two decades to build a memorial at Kent State. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (Tony Dejak/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting Tony Medwid, of Pittsburgh, receives an autograph from Mary Ann Vecchio, the young girl captured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the May 4, 1970, shootings on the campus of Kent State University, Friday, May 4, 2007. Vecchio is signing an album which features an artist's rendering of the John Filo photograph which captured part of the event that left four students dead and nine wounded during anti-war protests in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Glidden) (Jeff Glidden/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting ** FILE ** In this May 1, 2007 file photo, a student walks past a new Ohio Historical marker commemorating the 1970 Kent State University shootings on the campus in Kent, Ohio. Like a history book with its pages scattered from the sky, Ohio's landscape is bejeweled with state historical markers. There are currently 1,210, and the program that gave rise to them is celebrating its 50th birthday. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) (Mark Duncan/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting A father and his sons walk by the pagoda on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio on Saturday, May 1, 2010. On May 4, 1970, National Guard troops stood at this pagoda a fired into a crowd of students, killing four and wounding nine others during a Vietnam era protest on the campus. May 4, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the incident. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) (Amy Sancetta/AP)

Kent State University shooting On May 1, 2010, a flower lays on the granite marker at the location where student Allison Krause was shot and killed on May 4, 1970 on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. During a Vietnam era protest on May 4, 1970, National Guard troops opened fire on a crowd of students, killing four and wounding nine others. May 4, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the incident. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) (Amy Sancetta/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting The pagoda stands on a rise at the front of Taylor Hall on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio on Saturday, May 1, 2010. On May 4, 1970, after days of anti-war unrest on the campus, National Guard troops stood at this pagoda and opened fire into a crowd of students below, shooting 67 rounds in 13 seconds, killing four and wounding nine others. People stand at center in the distance at the lighted posts marking the location where student Jeffery Miller died. The other three students who were killed were shot in the parking lot beyond Miller. May 4, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the incident. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) (Amy Sancetta/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kent State University shooting This is a memorial Sunday, May 3, 2020, on the Kent State University campus site where four students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, were killed when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire May 4, 1970 during a student protest against the escalation of the war in Vietnam. In addition to the four students killed, nine were wounded in the 13 seconds it took 28 guardsmen to get off 67 rounds. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Kent State University shooting This is the top of Blanket Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020 on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio. It was from this position that Ohio National Guardsmen fired into a crowd of students protesting the escalation of the war in Vietnam on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and nine were wounded in the 13 seconds it took 28 guardsmen to get off 67 rounds.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Kent State University shooting Visitors to the Prentice Hall parking lot on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, on Sunday May 3, 2020, pay their respects at markers indicating where student Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20, fell mortally wounded when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire from the hillside shown at top of photo, May 4, 1970, during a student protest against the escalation of the war in Vietnam. Four students were killed and five were wounded in the 13 seconds it took 28 guardsmen to get off 67 rounds. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Kent State University shooting A man reads the Ohio historical marker commemorating the Kent State shootings, Monday, May 4, 2020, in Kent, Ohio. The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. Not all of those hurt or killed were involved in the demonstration, which opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (Tony Dejak/AP)

Kent State University shooting A bullet hole from 1970 is shown in a sculpture, Monday, May 4, 2020, in Kent, Ohio. The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. Not all of those hurt or killed were involved in the demonstration, which opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (Tony Dejak/AP)

Kent State University shooting The memorial for Sandra Scheuer is shown through a bullet hole in a sculpture, Monday, May 4, 2020, in Kent, Ohio. The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. Not all of those hurt or killed were involved in the demonstration, which opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (Tony Dejak/AP)

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