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According to a police affidavit, Cody Balmer turned himself in and told authorities he hated Gov. Josh Shapiro.

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with attempted murder and terrorism among other offenses in a fire set at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence while he and his family were asleep inside.

Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody Sunday after what Shapiro (D) described as a “targeted” attack on his home. Shapiro had held a seder dinner there hours earlier with his family to celebrate Passover.

Balmer was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated arson, burglary, reckless endangerment, terrorism, loitering and two counts of aggravated assault. The complaint, which was filed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, alleges that Balmer “entered the Governor’s residence while it was occupied” and “intentionally deployed several incendiary devices” that caused “significant fire damage” and placed all those inside, including the governor’s family, “in danger of death or serious bodily injury.”

Balmer turned himself in to Pennsylvania State Police, according to the affidavit. He told police that he hated Shapiro and said he would have beaten him with a hammer if the governor had found him on the property, the affidavit said.

The governor and his family were awoken by a state trooper assigned to their security detail around 2 a.m. Sunday. Shapiro, his wife, their children, their dogs and other family members staying at the residence were evacuated safely, he said Sunday in a news conference.

The police affidavit detailed how state police officers were notified that a fire had occurred at the governor’s residence and obtained security camera footage showing a person climbing over a fence, breaking two windows and inserting incendiary devices in two rooms before leaving the property and running away.

While officers were investigating, they were contacted by a woman who identified herself as Balmer’s ex-girlfriend and said that Balmer had confessed his actions and wanted her to notify authorities, the affidavit said. Shortly thereafter, Balmer approached an officer outside Pennsylvania State Police headquarters in Harrisburg and told the officer that he had started the fire and wanted to turn himself in.

In subsequent interviews, Balmer told police that he removed gasoline from a lawn mower and poured it into beer bottles to make homemade molotov cocktails that he threw into the governor’s residence, the affidavit said. He told officers he was aware the governor and his family could have been home when he set fire to the residence.

Balmer “admitted to harboring hatred towards” Shapiro, the affidavit said. When asked what he would have done if he had come across Shapiro while he was in his residence, Balmer said “he would have beaten him with his hammer,” according to the affidavit.

When officers searched Balmer’s home, they found items that matched those seen on the surveillance footage, including a black bag, small sledge hammer and “Snap-On” jacket, the affidavit said.

Balmer was transported to Dauphin County Prison and is awaiting a preliminary hearing.