On January 22, 1987, Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer held what was expected to be a standard press conference. Moments into his speech, he shocked the room by pulling out a revolver and ending his own life on live television. Dwyer had been convicted of accepting a br!be, and sentencing was scheduled for the following day. The footage of the incident remains one of the most unsettling moments in American broadcast history. It raised lasting questions about media ethics, mental health in politi