This is Robert Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who committed suicide during a live press conference in 1987. This photo is from that press conference, the trombone has been photoshopped over the gun he used.
For the 90s musical connection, this incident was the inspiration for Filter’s song “Hey Man Nice Shot.”
The reason Dwyer shot himself is that he was facing prison time for a corruption scheme and if he died while still in office, his family got full benefits. Oh, and it turned out he was innocent.
Source on his being innocent? I don’t remember that being even likely given the evidence, but it’s been like 35 years so I’m curious what came to light.
Knowledge bomb time!
This is Robert Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who committed suicide during a live press conference in 1987. This photo is from that press conference, the trombone has been photoshopped over the gun he used.
For the 90s musical connection, this incident was the inspiration for Filter’s song “Hey Man Nice Shot.”
The reason Dwyer shot himself is that he was facing prison time for a corruption scheme and if he died while still in office, his family got full benefits. Oh, and it turned out he was innocent.
Source on his being innocent? I don’t remember that being even likely given the evidence, but it’s been like 35 years so I’m curious what came to light.
Brutal video, the cameraman did not shy away and had a close-up shot of the guys head spurting blood like a faucet as he lay there dying
Did a newspaper straight up put a pic of him with his head spurting blood on the front page? Goddamn