Virginia councilman set on fire in personal attack at his office: Police

[ad_1] A Virginia councilman was set on hearth in an obvious private assault on Wednesday, authorities mentioned.

The suspect, Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, allegedly confronted Danville Metropolis Councilman Lee Vogler, 38, at his workplace, at Showcase Journal, and lined him with a flammable liquid, the Danville Police Division mentioned. Each went exterior the place Hayes allegedly set Vogler on hearth, police mentioned.

J. Lee Volger is proven on this undated file picture.

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Vogler has been taken to a hospital in unknown situation, police mentioned. Showcase Journal mentioned he sustained “severe burn accidents.”

Hayes, 29, of Danville, is in custody, police mentioned. The suspect allegedly fled the scene and was then stopped by officers a number of blocks away, police mentioned.

Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29, is proven on this reserving picture.

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It seems Vogler and Hayes know one another "and the assault stems from a private matter not associated to the sufferer’s place on Danville Metropolis Council or some other political affiliation," police mentioned.

Vogler, who was elected to the town council in 2012 on the age of 24, additionally works because the director of gross sales at Showcase Journal, the place he was attacked.

"We're deeply shocked and saddened by this act of violence," Showcase Journal mentioned in a press release. "Our ideas and prayers are with Lee and his household as he receives medical care. The Showcase Journal group is totally cooperating with regulation enforcement as they proceed their investigation."