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Were the soldiers who shot students in Ohio charged?
Executive summary
Available reporting shows a November 2, 2025 mass shooting at an Airbnb rental in Bath Township, Ohio, that wounded nine people and later prompted arrests: two adults (ages 18 and 19) and one juvenile were charged in connection with the incident, including murder and multiple counts of felonious assault [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not mention any soldiers shooting students in Ohio or charges against soldiers for such an event — that separate historical incident (Kent State, 1970) involved Ohio National Guard troops and complex legal outcomes, which modern reports in this set do not update with recent indictments [4].
1. What the recent Ohio reporting actually covers: a party shooting and arrests
News organizations and an Ohio Attorney General release describe a shooting at a large birthday party held in a rental home/Airbnb in Bath Township on Nov. 2, 2025, in which nine people were shot and one 18-year-old later died; investigators estimated 250–300 people attended the party [1] [2] [3]. Authorities announced the arrest and charging of three suspects: two adults (18 and 19) charged with one count of murder and nine counts of felonious assault, and a 16-year-old charged as a juvenile with delinquency counts tied to the same offenses [2] [3].
2. The user’s query — “soldiers who shot students in Ohio” — and available reporting
The phrasing suggests the Kent State shootings (May 4, 1970), when Ohio National Guard troops fired on students. The provided sources include a historical encyclopedic summary of the Kent State shootings that notes guardsmen were indicted on misdemeanor charges and that civil-rights charges were later dismissed in federal court because prosecutors “had not shown that the defendants had shot students with an intent to deprive them of specific civil rights” [4]. The contemporary news items in the search results, however, concern the November 2025 Airbnb mass shooting and unrelated local shootings — they do not report any recent prosecutions of soldiers for shooting students in Ohio [1] [2].
3. Legal outcome at Kent State, as summarized in sources
The Kent State summary in the provided material says some guardsmen faced indictment on misdemeanor charges and that a federal judge dismissed civil-rights indictments in 1974 on the grounds cited above; the entry also notes continued debate and later inquiry findings that the Guard shootings were “unjustified,” per the Scranton Commission referenced in the historical record [4]. That indicates the historical legal resolution was complex, with indictments followed by dismissals and enduring dispute — not a clean recent criminal charging of soldiers in present-day reporting [4].
4. Why confusion can arise between separate events
Multiple Ohio shootings appear in the supplied results: the Nov. 2, 2025 Airbnb shooting with arrests [1] [2] [3], other local criminal cases and officer-involved shooting reporting [5] [6], and the historical Kent State account [4]. Without precise timeframes or names, queries about “soldiers who shot students in Ohio” may conflate the 1970 Kent State National Guard incident with unrelated modern shootings and arrests; the provided news on the 2025 Airbnb shooting does not involve soldiers or students [1] [2].
5. What the sources explicitly do and do not say
- Explicitly stated: the Bath Township/Airbnb mass shooting wounded nine and led to arrests and charges against two adults and one juvenile, including murder and felonious assault counts [1] [2] [3].
- Explicitly stated: the Kent State article recounts that guardsmen were indicted on misdemeanors and that federal civil-rights charges were dismissed in 1974 for lack of proof of intent to deprive civil rights [4].
- Not found in current reporting: any recent news in this set that “soldiers” were charged for shooting students in Ohio in 2025, or any newly brought criminal charges against soldiers for a student shooting separate from the historical Kent State matter — available sources do not mention such a development [1] [2] [3] [4].
6. Takeaway and recommended next steps for clarity
If you meant the 1970 Kent State shootings, the historical record here shows guardsmen faced misdemeanor indictments and later dismissal of federal civil-rights charges [4]. If you meant a recent Ohio event, the current reporting documents arrests in a November 2025 Airbnb party shooting, not soldiers shooting students [1] [2] [3]. For confirmation or updates beyond these items, check primary sources: official press releases from the Ohio Attorney General or Summit County courts and contemporary major-news follow-ups, because the material provided is limited to these discrete reports and does not cover every possible related development [2] [1].