Police say a man who doused a Virginia city councilman in gasoline and set him on fire told investigators he wanted the attack to be fatal

A suspect is in custody after a Danville, Virginia, city council member was set on fire Wednesday morning by a man police say he knows.

A city councilmember in Danville, Virginia, was set on fire by a man who had entered a local magazine’s office through a locked door, authorities said Wednesday. Lee Vogler, 38, ran through the building covered in gasoline in an attack the investigators say stemmed from a “personal matter” that was unrelated