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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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oS 2 <; ite) G ‘ IV > oa) The Geputies ultinately moved in to protect the firemen, Some of the crowd of students Isegan to retrest scross the Canons; apparently fearing that the Geputies would attack them, ‘ney bent a section of cyclone fence over until it was flattened to the ground. A smell storage building Jocatea at the fence was sct afire by the crowd at this time. This storage building Was ured Lo store athletic ccaniy a1 see Located near the tennis courts. It was Mmopinion that this building was sou aft Lon y tactic" to distract the policag geony £Lrom the burning ROW uildtng., Pro- ‘ fesso: intea out that he dia net observe wy rifles ox Viot guns in tae possession of the acouties, but he noted that they did use , crowds athacising tha Lirciuen. out that when the cquipmentk Imitcoing wes c efire, seve stuccnts ehtaincd fire e9 Atinguishers fvow nearby cor- miteoriecs and tried to put out the Lire, Others Lormoad a bucket krigade and passed weste baskets full of wetcer Fron the dexmitories te the hurning building. He hecrd cone of these students express fear that £lewcs from the storace building would sct fire to a clump of trees in the vicirity. bea ge Le palso pointes Ces went on te say thet after the equirnont vane burned he sav several students throwing rocks and stones ut Ta sylor Vail. breaking two or three windows. Other students chased these powwow. ovvay bl? we to prevent Further damage to this building. then yaleing, waich ela LG aia procesdcad across the Cormons towerd the Roo he Observed was still burning. He found a plastic contniner on tho exuss near a cluinp of bus!t.es. He pickcd up this comleiner, Which hed a one callon capacity and observe that dt was about 1/3 full. Te contained «a liquid which he Cchermineda to be Kerosene or sowe similor typ2s of fuel oi). We Jeke this container at the gpot where he found it. As he neared the RoTC building, he neticed thet the Larcaen had deft the area. Tne ROW building burst into a roarimy fire and the crowds of students cheered. At this point, the demuties dispersed the cravis around the RG pedlding hy dispersing tear cas. Ue went Goin a long s rease to an area below the Rove kuileing where he hed mowmary Gf tho students run. Ve stocd on a Lendging on this stcircause and tried to eek the stvdonts to disoerse. Le Boe eal SQ ay 1 ~e wd mie a a
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