Suspect's 911 call released after arson at PA governor's mansion that appeared to be fueled by war in Gaza

The fishy successful the arson astatine the Pennsylvania governor's mansion allegedly made a 911 telephone aft helium acceptable occurrence to the residence successful which helium explained that helium was motivated by the Israel-Hamas warfare successful Gaza.

Cody Balmer, 38, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, coercion and related offenses for allegedly mounting occurrence to Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence connected Sunday.

In a 911 telephone allegedly made by Balmer, helium admits that helium acceptable occurrence to the residence due to the fact that of what Shapiro, who is Jewish, "wants to bash to the Palestinian people," according to audio obtained by Fox 29.

SUSPECTED PENNSYLVANIA ARSONIST MAY HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED BY WAR IN GAZA: POLICE

Cody Balmer, the antheral accused of mounting occurrence to the governor's mansion, stuck his lingua retired astatine a tribunal arraignment connected April 14, 2025. (WTXF)

A dispatcher archetypal asked for the code of the exigency earlier Balmer explained that determination was nary emergency.

"Well, I don't truly person an emergency. I would similar to apologize. Governor Josh Shapiro needs to cognize that Cody Balmer volition not instrumentality portion successful his plans for what helium wants to bash to the Palestinian people," Balmer said successful the call. "He needs to permission my household alone. He needs to get his eyes disconnected of my daughters. And helium needs to halt having my friends killed, similar helium had Manny killed 2 weeks ago, oregon past week connected Saturday."

"Our radical person been enactment done excessively overmuch by that monster," Balmer told the dispatcher. "All helium has is simply a banquet hallway to cleanable up. I'm bushed of offering extensions of peace. I lone privation to beryllium capable to supply for my children. I should not beryllium taken to these extremes. It's not fair. I privation nary harm onto anyone. But that antheral ... that man, helium is doing serious, superior harm to astir apt yourself included. And I bash privation you the best, sir."

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Cody Balmer, 38, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, coercion and related offenses for allegedly mounting occurrence to Gov. Josh Shapiro's, D-Penn., governor's mansion connected April 13, 2025.  (Dauphin County District Attorney's Office)

Balmer added: "You each cognize wherever to find me. I'm not hiding, and I volition confess to everything that I had done."

Similar to the 911 call, a hunt warrant for Balmer’s devices had revealed that Balmer targeted the politician for "what helium wants to bash to the Palestinian people," PennLive reported. According to the warrant, State Police Cpl. Benjamin Forsythe said the fishy targeted Shapiro implicit "perceived injustices to the radical of Palestine." Forsythe besides pointed to the governor’s Jewish religion arsenic a imaginable motive down the attack, without elaborating.

Another warrant details Balmer’s interrogation with authorities troopers successful which helium allegedly admitted to "harboring hatred towards" Shapiro. Balmer besides reportedly admitted to a trooper that helium was liable for the arson onslaught and said helium planned to onslaught Shapiro with his hammer if helium were to find the politician successful the mansion.

Extensive occurrence harm to the Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion and Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence is seen during a property league connected April 13, 2025, successful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)

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Surveillance video described successful a warrant allegedly shows Balmer breaking a model astatine the governor’s residence earlier throwing "an incendiary device" inside. According to the warrant, Balmer past broke different window, entered the residence and deployed different incendiary instrumentality earlier helium "approached the eating country exit."

The warrant besides says a pistillate — seemingly identified arsenic Balmer’s "ex-paramour" — said helium confessed to the onslaught and asked her to telephone constabulary to crook him in.

"This benignant of unit is becoming acold excessively communal successful our society," Shapiro said astatine a property briefing. "And I don't springiness a damn if it's coming from 1 peculiar broadside oregon the other, directed astatine 1 peculiar enactment oregon another, oregon 1 peculiar idiosyncratic oregon another. It is not good and it has to stop. We person to beryllium amended than this."

Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.