(31 Jul 2025)
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Danville, Virginia – 30 July 2025
1. Wide of city hall
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Bass, Lee Vogler’s colleague:
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"It was horribly tragic and a very unusual happening in our city, and just thinking about how awful it is for Lee and his family. He’s been the youngest councilman for a long time and someone who tries to look ahead and be a progressive sort of thinker, Maybe ask questions about how things could be better and help get things done."
3. Mid of city hall
4. Wide of Danville city water tower
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Bass, Lee Vogler’s colleague:
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"I would say he’s important to its progress over the last few years and I think he still will be. I understand if his health is something he can maintain after all this."
6. Mid of Danville city water tower
STORYLINE:
A city councilman in Virginia was seriously injured Wednesday when a man stormed into his office at a local magazine, doused him in gasoline and set him on fire — an attack that authorities say was rooted in a personal dispute, not politics.
Lee Vogler, 38, who has served on the Danville City Council for more than a decade, was taken by medical helicopter to a burn unit in North Carolina after the attack.
Police said the assailant, 29-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, forced his way into Vogler’s office at Showcase Magazine, confronted him, then chased him outside and set him ablaze.
Hayes was arrested at the scene on charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding.
Investigators stressed that the motive appeared personal and unrelated to Vogler’s work as a public official.
Still, the assault added to growing unease over violence and harassment aimed at elected officials across the country, particularly as the boundaries blur between their public roles and private lives.
Showcase Magazine is a monthly publication about southwest Virginia and North Carolina. The magazine shares a small two-story building with several other businesses in Danville.
Danville is about 140 miles (227 kilometers) north of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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