Gov. Josh Shapiro’ and his family were IN the house….
They got out unharmed…..
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said an “arsonist set fire” to the governor’s residence early Sunday morning, prompting his family to evacuate.
The governor and his family were present in a separate part of the house, and they were “evacuated safely and were not injured,” according to a statement from the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP).
“Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg,” Shapiro wrote in a post on the social platform X.
The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire “successfully extinguished” the fire, but “it caused a significant amount of damage to a portion of the residence,” the PSP said.
The PSP, which is leading a “multi-agency investigation” into the incident, said it “is prepared to say at this time that this was an act of arson.”…
Update...Suspect in custody…
Charges had not yet been filed, but are likely to include attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault on an enumerated person, Dauphin County District Attorney Francis Chardo said in a news conference Sunday evening.
Balmer came over a fence on the property, with homemade incendiary devices, before forcibly entering the residence and setting a fire, officials alleged Sunday. Balmer was apprehended later in the day in Harrisburg….
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