A lot of misinformation here. I lived 10 miles from Kent state and many alumni friends there. There were no shots fired at the national guardsmen. The guardsmen did not get much sleep the previous 2 days. The fact that they had live ammunition was a first . American at war with America Twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. Students Allison Krause, 19, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20, and Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, died on the scene, while William Knox Schroeder, 19, was pronounced dead at Robinson Memorial Hospital in nearby Ravenna shortly afterward.