{"id":40993,"date":"2025-07-30T22:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/virginia-city-councilman-set-on-fire-in-attack-over-personal-matter-police-say\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:09:50","slug":"virginia-city-councilman-set-on-fire-in-attack-over-personal-matter-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/virginia-city-councilman-set-on-fire-in-attack-over-personal-matter-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia city councilman set on fire in attack over &#8220;personal matter,&#8221; police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Lee Vogler, a city council member in Danville,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Virginia<\/a>, was set on fire by a man who entered the office of a local magazine where Vogler worked, police said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the attack stemmed from a &#8220;personal matter&#8221; and was unrelated to his politics or work as a councilman, authorities said. Police said the suspect entered Vogler&#8217;s office, where he works at a local magazine, confronted him and doused him in flammable liquid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both men then left the building and the 29-year-old suspect set Vogler on fire, police said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/5e68653d-0604-4cbe-8512-b3eee16103fb\/thumbnail\/620x931g2\/25df904296c72a12d1ca222ca47b4a31\/lee-vogler.jpg#\" alt=\"lee-vogler.jpg \" height=\"931\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/5e68653d-0604-4cbe-8512-b3eee16103fb\/thumbnail\/620x931g2\/25df904296c72a12d1ca222ca47b4a31\/lee-vogler.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/5e68653d-0604-4cbe-8512-b3eee16103fb\/thumbnail\/1240x1862g2\/a3a9c4d07b3988a04fb165374707f2c4\/lee-vogler.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Lee Vogler, 38, a city councilmember in Virginia, was set on fire by a man who entered a local magazine office, police said Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Danville-va.gov<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attack took place at the office of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/753226864331174\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Showcase Magazine<\/a>, a monthly publication on southwest Virginia and North Carolina, magazine owner and publisher Andrew Brooks said.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to the magazine&#8217;s Facebook page, Brooks said Vogler was awake and talking, and that he was on the way to a burn center in Lynchburg, a city about 70 miles from Danville.<\/p>\n<p>Vogler, 38, became the youngest person ever elected to the Danville City Council at the age of 24, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.danville-va.gov\/1626\/J-Lee-Vogler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">city&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes of Danville, was in police custody. Police said Hayes was charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding following the attack by burning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hayes is being held at Danville City Jail with no bond, the Danville police department said. It wasn&#8217;t immediately known whether Hayes had a lawyer who could comment.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks told The Associated Press that there were two employees at the magazine&#8217;s office at the time of the attack. The other employee called Brooks and told him what happened.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/5a765751-9bfc-4eab-a518-541b5c6c44d0\/thumbnail\/620x465\/a3b10ea6d2e5beca68900b35e3103212\/ap25211704786467.jpg#\" alt=\"Virginia Councilmember Attack \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/5a765751-9bfc-4eab-a518-541b5c6c44d0\/thumbnail\/620x465\/a3b10ea6d2e5beca68900b35e3103212\/ap25211704786467.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/5a765751-9bfc-4eab-a518-541b5c6c44d0\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/7ca89352538dc400c391800d5954d823\/ap25211704786467.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The offices of Showcase Magazine, a monthly publication based in Danville, Va., where city Councilmember Lee Vogler was attacked and set on fire, is seen on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Allen G. Breed \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Our door is locked,&#8221; Brooks said. &#8220;They forced their way into the office, and went to Lee. The next thing, Lee is running through the office covered in gasoline, yelling for our officemate to call 911. The guy chased him outside and set him on fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no justification for lashing out,&#8221; Brooks added. &#8220;There is no amount [of] pain you can be under that can justify you inflicting violence on others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vogler is a managing partner at the Andrew Brooks Media Group, a marketing firm that publishes several regional magazines and operates a branded merchandise website and a music publishing company, according to its website. He&#8217;s married with two children and he has served on the Danville City Council for more than 12 years and is currently serving his fourth term.<\/p>\n<p>The city council consists of Mayor Alonzo Jones, Vice Mayor James Buckner and six other members. In a statement issued through Buckner, Jones said, &#8220;Our Council is close.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve worked through challenges together-and now, we face this heartbreak together. Please continue to pray for Lee and his family. We&#8217;re standing with him-and with each other,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a statement. &#8220;Our prayers go out to Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler who was violently attacked at his workplace earlier today. We pray for a swift recovery Lee and for peace to be on the entire Danville community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vogler graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 and returned to his hometown to run for office. 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