A city councilor for Danville, Virginia, was set of fire Wednesday and was airlifted for emergency burn treatment.
Vogler was the youngest person ever elected to the city council when he first took office in 2012.
The suspect entered Lee Vogler's place of employment, confronted him and doused him with an unknown flammable liquid, Danville police said in a news release.
Andrew Brooks, the publisher and owner of Showcase Magazine, said Vogler was attacked at the magazine's office.
Brooks said the suspect forced his way into the building and starting dumping a five-gallon bucket of gasoline on Vogler.
Vogler, 38, and the suspect left the building and the suspect allegedly set him on fire, police said.
Here's publisher Andrew Brooks with more information:
The suspect, identified by police as Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29, fled the area, but witnesses provided a description of him and his vehicle.
Brooks said Vogler was able to identify his alleged attacker.
"Shotsie" and Vogler know each other, having been pictured together at least once at last year's local fair.
The two men know each other and the attack 'stems from a personal matter not related to the victim's position on the Danville City Council or any other political affiliation,' police said in the statement.
The internet quickly learned that Shotsie's wife Mary Alice filed for divorce just two weeks ago, as further confirmed by the Daily Mail.
That connection is entirely speculative (make of it what you will) until police release specific information regarding a motive.
Virginia Young Republicans offered this statement:
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