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.

Shotsie Michael Hayes, who set Lee Vogler on fire, had divorced his wife 2 weeks earlier. Police say the attack was personal; they had known each other.