The suspect, Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, allegedly confronted Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler, 38, at his office, at Showcase Magazine, and covered him with a flammable liquid, the Danville Police Department said. Both went outside where Hayes allegedly set Vogler on fire, police said.

Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes allegedly confronted Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler, 38, at his office at Showcase Magazine on Wednesday and covered him with a flammable liquid, the Danville Police Department said. Both went outside, where Buck-Hayes allegedly set Vogler on fire, police said.

A suspect is in custody after a Danville, Virginia, city council member was set on fire Wednesday morning by a man police say he knows. The attack on council member Lee Vogler “stems from a personal matter not related to the victim’s position on the Danville City Council or any other political affiliation,

Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler begins his first surgery after being set on fire, according to a statement from his wife.

A resident of Danville, Virginia is facing criminal charges for allegedly setting the city's councilman on fire during a dispute on Wednesday.