Police announced this Sunday, April 14, after having arrested a suspect for “voluntary fire” and “terrorism” after intervening at night in Josh Shapiro’s house, a heavyweight of the American Democratic Party.
Last year the name of Josh Shapiro, governor of the state of Pennsylvania (EST) was mentioned as a candidate for the United States vice president of Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate who had finally chosen the governor of Minnesota Tim Walz, before being defeated in November by Donald Trump.
Josh Shapiro, 51, was with his family within his official residence of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, when a fire broke out, state police reported.
“Even if the fire could be off, it caused significant damage to the residence,” police said in a statement.
A near 2 meters uploaded by the suspect
At a press conference, the Police said they had arrested a 38 -year -old man, named Cody Balmer, suspected of having entered the house, equipped with a incendiary craft manufacturing machine.
Local prosecutor Fran Chardo said he would ask for the accusation of the suspect for aggravated volunteer fires and terrorism, as well as aggravated aggravated towards a public authority.
According to the US news agency Associated Press, the State Police said that this attack had been carefully planned, but no mobile was specified. The respondent managed to climb an iron fence of more than two meters supervised by the security cameras.
Police discovered that someone had uploaded it but had not found anyone on the ground. The man entered the residence, set fire and distributed approximately one minute after entering.
Also according to the agency, Cody Balmer has already been accused in the last ten years of assault, theft and false. He has already been sentenced to a probation judgment after declaring himself guilty of theft and false.
“It must stop”
In the social network X, Josh Shapiro informed that he was awakened by “blows to the door” beaten by the police around 2 in the morning, before being evacuated with his relatives.
“Thank God, there are no injuries and the fire was extinguished,” he wrote. “This type of violence becomes too common in our society and I don’t care from one side or another, it must stop,” he said before the press.
Josh Shapiro was elected governor of Pennsylvania in 2022 after defeating an ultra right candidate supported by Donald Trump.
Source: BFM TV
