AP wrote –
R. Budd Dwyer, who was to have been sentenced today, pulled a high-powered revolver from a manila envelope Thursday morning and waved off frantic onlookers in his office.
About two dozen horrified reporters, photographers and aides, some of them screaming, ″No, Budd 3/8 Don’t do this 3/8″ watched as the 47-year-old Republican put the gun barrel into his mouth and pulled the trigger. Cameras recorded the act.
Dwyer died instantly, said Dauphin County Coroner William Bush.
The state attorney general had ruled Wednesday that Dwyer would lose his job after being sentenced for awarding a state computer contract in return for a promised $300,000 payoff. No money changed hands.
Dwyer, who was to have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Malcolm Muir, had faced up to 55 years in prison and a $305,000 fine on 11 counts. Read more
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