Man who burned a Virginia city councilman intended to kill him, police say

DANVILLE,Va.—PolicesayamanwhodousedaVirginiacitycouncilmaningasolineandsethimonfiretoldinvestigatorshewantedtheattacktobefatal,accordingtochargingdocumentsavailableThursday. OfficialssaythemotiveappearspersonalandunrelatedtoLeeVogler’sworkasapublicofficial.AfterWednesday’sattack,the38-year-oldfatheroftwowasflownbymedicalhelicoptertoaburnunitinNorthCarolina.Thehospitalhasn’tprovidedanupdateonhiscondition. Accordingtopolice,witnessesandVoglerhimself,ShotsieMichaelBuck-Hayes,29,pouredgasolineonthecouncilmanafterbargingintohisworkplaceatalocalmagazine.Buck-HayeschasedVogleroutsideandignitedthegas,latertellingpoliceheintendedfortheflamestokillhim,accordingtothedocuments. Buck-Hayeshassincebeenchargedwithattemptedfirst-degreemurderandaggravatedmaliciouswounding.EdwardLavado,anattorneyrepresentinghim,declinedtocommenttoTheAssociatedPressonThursday. Atthescene,VoglerwasabletotellmultiplewitnessesthatBuck-H