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.

Lee Vogler, a city council member in Danville, Virginia​, was set on fire by a man who entered a local magazine office, police said Wednesday.

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.