A former leader in the Orange County, New York prosecutor’s office, who was facing allegations of accepting bribery payments, died in a shooting at his home Tuesday morning as the FBI arrived to arrest him, sources familiar with the matter tell NBC New York.

Stewart Rosenwasser, the ex-chief counsel to the Orange County DA’s office and executive assistant district attorney, was accused of using his authority in the prosecutors’ office to initiate a criminal investigation at the request of a millionaire former restaurant owner, according to the unsealed federal indictment.

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      Isn’t that the kicker? Probably less than a year’s pay for that guy.

      Wild guess that he may have had more skeletons in the closet than just this one.

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      How is life so cheap. Killed himself over $63k. If I was ever going to do something that catching consequences was going to make me kill myself, it would have to be a hell of a lot more money than that. Maybe at 100x I’d take my chances. Maybe. I just don’t understand.

      People are so much stupider than I ever thought. And I thought I was a cynic.

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        I know that’s why I commented. Every time you see bribery it’s “well they bought me a sandwich”