Grand jury to hear case against man accused of setting Virginia city councilman on fire over affair

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Steven Seiple remembers Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler’s screams.

“I remember Lee screaming: ‘He threw gas on me,’” Seiple testified in court Tuesday.

Seiple saw Vogler running through their workplace at a local magazine. He saw another man, Shotsie Buck-Hayes, chasing after him while carrying a bucket. And then there was a gas stain on the floor.

By the time Seiple caught up to Vogler, the councilman was lying in the mulch outside their office with his shirt burned off. “His chest was very pink, and his arms were really, really bad,” Seiple testified.

The councilman’s body was covered with second- and third-degree burns.

Buck-Hayes, 29, was arrested later that July day. He has since been charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wou