Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, facing the possibility of a long prison sentence on federal bribery charges, shot himself to death before a packed press conference Thursday in his office. Bef… ...

Greg Penny was a 33-year-old true believer in Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, his embattled, corruption-convicted boss. Even as the big, bear-like Dwyer rambled and sweated throughout a Jan ...

Kenn Marshall recalls edging toward the door when he saw the enormous handgun being held aloft by State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer. Marshall’s movements on that snowy January day 23 years ago weren ...

As WPVI-TV Harrisburg Bureau Chief Jim Murtha rushed to make probably the most important deadline of his life, he realized he could smell gunpowder on his overcoat from the shot that state Treasure… ...

On this date in 1987, Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself during a televised press conference. Here's a look back at that tragic, horrific story and the popular song you ...

Just before noon yesterday, the pictures started to arrive at The Morning Call. One by one, an Associated Press Laserphoto machine delivered grisly images of Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer&#8… ...

Witness: Budd Dwyer suicide "It was a terrible event. The kind of thing I never want to see again in my life. The Capitol press corps, a tough bunch of reporters, was devastated. Everybody's in shock.

Terribly, Thursday, R. Budd Dwyer did the unthinkable. Standing in front of television cameras, photographers and about 20 reporters, the state treasurer put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.