The generosity and love we’ve seen has been overwhelming, and it’s making a real difference,” Lee Vogler’s publisher, Andrew Brooks, said.

A man named Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes attacked and poured gasoline on Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler before setting him on fire, according to Virginia police.

Danville Councilman Lee Vogler, set on fire in a personal attack, is called a Republican by Young Virginia Republicans. His non-partisan role and bipartisan work blur party lines, with police saying the motive wasn’t political.