Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding, according to ABC 13 in Virginia, after the attack on Vogler, a Danville City Councilman. Hayes is being held at the Danville City Jail without bond.

Danville City Councilman J. Lee Vogler, 38, was confronted by a man at his office around 11:30 on Wednesday who then poured gasoline on him. Once they both left the building, Vogler was then set on fire. Former Colorado deputy ‘on the run from’ dozens of sexual exploitation of child charges

A city councilman in southwestern Virginia was seriously injured on Wednesday when a man entered his workplace, poured gasoline on him and then lit him on fire, authorities said.