Just hours after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family began Passover with a Seder in his official residence, an arsonist torched the room where they had celebrated. Arrested was 38-year-old Cody Balmer, who allegedly scaled a security fence and set fire to the Harrisburg, PA. home, where Shapiro, his wife and four children had celebrated the holiday earlier that night.

At a news conference, the Jewish governor said that the attacker would not deter him from practicing his faith. “If he was trying to terrorize our family, our friends, the Jewish community who joined us for a Passover Seder in that room last night, hear me on this: We celebrated our faith last night proudly… No one will deter me or my family or any Pennsylvanian from celebrating their faith openly and proudly.”