Pennsylvania man arrested, charged with attempted murder after setting fire at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence in Harrisburg

A man of Pennsylvania has accused of attempted murder, terrorism and other crimes after a fire at the Governor’s residence in Harrisburg forced Governor Josh Shapiro and his family to evacuate the house early Sunday morning.“ According to the judicial documents submitted in Dauphin County.

The authorities said Balmer de Cody38, a fence jumped and intentionally burned in the early residence on Sunday, April 13, while Shapiro and his family were at home. Balmer, or Harrisburg, was accused on Monday of criminal homicide/attempted murder, terrorism, caused and more.

Balmer was prosecuted for the charges on Monday night, and a judge denied the bond. On Monday, the State Police of Pennsylvania said that Balmer was treated in a hospital for a “medical event not related to this incident or its trial.” It was an introduction of tasks on Sunday in the Harrisburg area.

Shapiro said the attack was attacked, but officials still do not know the specific reason for Balmer.

“This type of violence is becoming too common in our society,” Shapiro said. “And I do not give, it comes from one side or another, aimed at a particular part or another, or a particular person or another, is not right, and it has to stop. We have to be better than this. We have a responsibility for all.”

Balmer’s mother, Christie Balmer, told CBS News that her son is “mentally sick and he took off his medicine.”

Christie Balmer said she tried to get her son to “pick up” last week and contacted four different police departments, but “he could not get anyone to help. So he was mentally ill, he left his medications, and this is what happened.”

The State Police said the Harrisburg fire office teams went to the Governor’s residence in North Front Street in Daupphin County around 2 in the morning on Sunday for a fire report.

Shapiro said he and his family were asleep at home when the fire exploded. The governor of Pennsylvania said they woke up to hit the coup in the Penylvania state police. Shapiro, his wife, Lori, and his children, along with two dogs and the relatives who stayed with them, evacuated the governor’s residence while Harrisburg’s firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.

The governor of Pennsylvania said that no one was injured and that the fire was controlled.

The fire occurred after Shapiro, who is Jewish, and his family celebrated the first Easter night. Shapiro refused to call a hate crime on fire, but said that the fire beat him to do his job or celebrate his faith.

“I’m not afraid,” Shapiro said. “I am obviously excited. I am worried about my family. I want my children to be well. When we were in the state dining room last night, gathered with the community, the family and friends, we touch the history of Easter, the Roman slavery. History, both literally and figuratively, to tell, and I refuse to be caught by the slavery that someone tries to attack the attackers, as they did last night.

The High Penylvania Troop H is investigating the fire, what they said caused significant damage to a part of the house. The State Police encourages anyone with information related to calling 1-800-4Pa Councils (1-800-472-8477).

The Governor’s residence was built on the Susquehanna River and is described as a georgian -style house of 29,000 square feet designed by the architect George Ewing.

The house has housed eight governors and their families, according to the State’s website.

Shapiro spoke with the director of the FBI Kash Patel and said he promised all the necessary resources for the investigation.

“Lori and I are rejected by the prayers and messages of support we have received from all acrross pensilvania and all throughout the United States,” said an emotional Shapiro. “We have heard from our fellow governors and first spouses. We have heard from several of the former governors of Pennsylvania. I heard of so many loved friends. We have heard of so many Citowesc.

In the Oval office on Monday, President Trump condemned the attack.

“The attacker was basically no anyone’s fan, probably just a job,” Trump said. “And certainly one thing like that cannot be allowed to happen.”

Who is Cody Balmer and how did he enter the residence of the Governor of Pennsylvania?

Lieutenant Colonel of the State Police of Pennsylvania, George Bivens, said Balmer climbed a fence and “evaded the soldiers” while looking for him on the property before the fire.

Bivens said Balmer broke into the residence of the Governor of Pennsylvania and set fire with a homemade incendiary device.

He is an uncle if Balmer knew the design of the residence of the governor of Pennsylvania, but was inside the house for less than a minute, according to Bivens.

“That is part of Onbosing’s investigation. In terms of design, I will tell you that I clearly had a plan,” Bivens said. “It was very methodical in its approach and moved it without much hurry, again, in a very methodical and planned way, and carried out, although in a very short period of time.”

A security review is currently being carried out to find out how Balmer could enter and then leave the property after allegedly establishing the fire. There will also be additional security around Shapiro and the residence of the Governor of Pennsylvania after the incident, authorities said.

Balmer served as a construction teams in the Army Reserve from April 2004 to June 2012 without deployment, according to Heather J. Hagan, a spokeswoman for the US Army. Uu.

Public records point to an unstable fund for Balmer, including custody battles over their children and a mortgage execution in a home.

Judicial records show that Balmer declared himself guilty a scheme that involves counterfeit documents.

In 2023, he was arrested and accused of assault in relation to a violent domestic dispute that involves his wife and son. According to the affidavit, Balmer told the researchers that he had tasks of a bottle of pills in an attempt to commit suicide. That case is ongoing.

At the last minute of Sunday night, a repair car store where Balmer has worked in the past published on Facebook, “in the light of current events with respect to a former employee of ours, we would like to say that he has not worked for us to Lerne while while while he was while he was while he was while he was while while he was while he is completely supporting our women in the law, as well as our government.”

Pennsylvania leaders respond after the governor’s residence fire

The leaders of the Commonwealth and the surrounding areas published statements in social networks about the fire, the safety of the Shapiro family and the response of emergency equipment.

Former President Joe Biden wrote on social networks on Monday: “Jill and I are disgusted by the attack on the Shapiro family and his duration in the home the first Easter night. We feel relieved that we are safe and grateful for the first answer. There the theo the teo you tee you. Governor of yesterday, we must be united against hatred and violence.”

In a statement, Attorney General Dave Sunday praised the first responders for their rapid actions and said that his office “is ready with the necessary resources to find the culprit of this act of sensor violence.”

The former governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge, published on social networks that he and his wife are grateful that the Shapiro family came out safely, saying: “The images that show the damage to the home in which we live with our children for almost eight years are heartbreaking.” Another former leader of the Commonwealth, Governor Mark Schweiker, called the fire, that the State Police is investigating as a caused fire, a “despicable cowardice act.”

Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis published his feelings on social networks, writing in part: “I gained specular about motivations, but I will say that attacking the elected officials and his family with violence is never acceptable.”

The Democratic president of the representative of the Chamber of Representatives of Pennsylvania, Joanna McClinton, said in part: “The acts of cowardly violence destined to enliven the fear do not take place in our Commonwealth.”

The New Jersey senator, Andy Kim, also condemned the fire, writing: “Violence can never be tolerated.”

The president of the City Council of Philadelphia, Kenyatta Johnson, said in a statement: “On behalf of the members of the City Council of Philadelphia, we are all happy that Governor Josh Shapiro and his family are safe after the atrocious act of the fire.”