Lee Vogler, a councilman from Danville city, Virginia, was set on fire by attacker, 29-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, on Wednesday.

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.