(30 Jul 2025)
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Danville, Virginia – 30 July 2025
1. Wide pan of emergency vehicles driving outside Showcase Magazine office in Danville following the attack on the city councilman
2. Wide of parked van in front of Showcase Magazine office
3. Wide of Showcase Magazine office
4. Close up of a campaign sticker for Lee Vogler on a car window, reading (English): "City Council Volger. A voice for the people" and "Come back city"
5. Mid of sign reading, (English): "Showcase Magazine"
6. Mid of sign reading, (English): "Shologo.com" and "753 Main Street"
7. Wide of news vehicle parked on a street in Danville amidst councilman attack coverage
8. Wide of Showcase Magazine office
STORYLINE:
A city councilmember in Virginia was set on fire by a man who entered a local magazine office, police said Wednesday.
Investigators believe the attack stemmed from a “personal matter” and was unrelated to his politics or work as councilman, authorities said.
Lee Vogler, 38, is an elected official in Danville, Virginia.
Police say the suspect entered Vogler’s office, where he works at a local magazine, confronted him and doused him in flammable liquid. Both men then left the building and the 29-year-old suspect set Vogler on fire, police said.
His condition wasn’t immediately known. The suspect, Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes of Danville, was in police custody. Police said charges were pending, and it wasn’t immediately known whether Hayes had a lawyer who could comment.
The attack occurred at the office of Showcase Magazine, a monthly publication on southwest Virginia and North Carolina, magazine owner and publisher Andrew Brooks said.
Vogler has served on the Danville City council for more than 12 years and is currently serving his 4th term. He’s married with two children. 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 graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 and returned to his hometown to run for office. He formed a group in 2010 called Moving Danville Forward, to come up with ideas to revitalize the city.
Danville is about 140 miles (227 kilometers) north of Charlotte, North Carolina.
AP video by Allen G. Breed
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