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Kent State — Part 15
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it was too dark. .HNe had no idea whether the people involved
wore students or ontsiders He added, however’, while the fire
men were attemtping to catineuish the flames, approximately
30 individuals were invoived in an attempt to take the hoses
away Irom the fire men. At this sone time, stones were
continuing to be thrown at the ROTC Builcng
On Sunday, he advised «he spent the day with his
firlfriend,
ca)
i wae cntcd that on Monday, May 4, 1970,
his fret Se vorrill Hal) at 12:05. At that time
he prescedsd throuch the Comsons, his normal route of travel,
where be observed a mirantsc erowd of people. At approxinately
three quarters of the way through the Commons, he had seer
the VMational Guard and the crowd was told to disperse, At that
time, teir gas was beins thrown With some recks beings thrown
by studepis ug tear ras being thrown back to the National
Guard, advised that the crowd split into two sections,
one wonl Goin Vvayier ang dounsen iialt and the other ¢rrour
went around by the omens" doviiitery. All he can recall was
that there was an lot of tear fas being discharged and
thot the students were roturning the tear pas in the area of
the Wational Guard. At this timc, he was proceeding up toward
the gate over the hill. Ge scid all he could observe was
& hanciul of stucents throwing stuff at the National Guard,
hovever, he had no idea what it was since he was from 1 = 2
football ftelds aywey. We said in that area, there are not
nany rocks just ga few stiekso nnd chones
shee Phe 2 LAG Se
He docs recalh at this time the students were
retreating and then he henrd sone shots being fired at which
tine he hit the fround. Le then ohserved a student lying
in the sireet, believed to be JEFFREY WELLER, Fe ran toward
him wivh the inte nv of assisting. Ne belicves this was over
by tho parking pate. While he was doing this, he observed
what appeared to him, severa} shots hitting the ceround and
= rade 4 oi 3 iu oF mow ar Vdvat! who were
riccchettine just tn front of a proup Gf Students, who were
helping JEYIREY NTLUBR. He did not sce anyone fire these
shots; however, he looked wp and observed fovr or five
guardsnen conning nerry that croup, it was at this time that
the stuaents there robuked the National Guard and told them
to get ecnut of there because they were trying to help this
student who was already dead,
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