Police in Danville, Va., said Wednesday that they were \u201cinvestigating\u201d after a City Council member was \u201cset on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the release, officers went late in the morning \u201cto the 700 block of Main Street for a report of a male being set on fire.\u201d They found that the man set on fire was Danville City Council member Lee Vogler, police said later in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Danville Fire Department and the Danville Life Saving Crew also responded to the scene to render aid. The male victim was airlifted to a regional medical facility for treatment,\u201d the police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vogler was confronted at his workplace and had a flammable liquid poured onto him by the suspect, 29-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, according to \u201cwitness information,\u201d Danville police said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe victim and suspect exited the building, where the suspect then set the victim on fire,\u201d Danville police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hayes faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding, the police said in a later update, and \u201cis being held in the Danville City Jail under no bond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n