The police department said that the attack isn’t related to Vogler’s status as an elected official.
“Based on the investigation at the time of this release, the victim and the suspect are known to each other and the attack stems from a personal matter not related to the victim’s position on Danville City Council or any other political affiliation,” DPD said.
whoa
Southwest Virginia-based publication Showcase Magazine owner and publisher Andrew Brooks posted a video on social media, saying that Vogler was at the magazine’s office when a man forced his way inside.
According to Brooks, the man was carrying a five-gallon container of gas and poured it over Vogler.
“Lee attempted to flee, ran to the front of the building,” Brooks said in the video. “The individual followed him and set him on fire.”
The police department’s reported witness account of the incident aligned with Brooks’ account. They said the suspect fled the scene, but police stopped his vehicle and took him into custody. DPD identified the suspect as 29-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes.
Danville, VA is like pop 50K and the middle of nowhere, NC border town. a place outside the northern boundary of the Piedmont Atlantic megaregion… fastest growing region (by population) in the US.
anyway, lugging around actual gallons of gasoline, dumping it on someone in public, and chasing them to light them on fire is fucking wild. beyond rage.
lugging around actual gallons of gasoline, dumping it on someone in public, and chasing them to light them on fire is fucking wild. beyond rage.
Beyond Rage would make a great horror movie. The entire plot is Americans trying to kill each other in ways like that. It’s so perverse that the movie doesn’t have a single gun.
The entire plot is Americans trying to kill each other
Already have that. It’s called The Purge series
And before that John Romero’s The Crazies (which is still better)
I only watched the first one and a bit of the second one. I don’t think did stuff like carry around lots of gas to pour on other people. Do they? Also - lots of guns.
The world building and politics of the series gets better. Election Year and the one about the first purge are definitely leftwing. A lot of discussions on race and class you wouldn’t expect from a home invasion slasher film B-movie sequel.
“In a world… Where guns out number people… The only way to send a message, is to make it personal! This summer, grindhouse films beings you the most brutal case of revenge ever captured on film! Nick Everyman (Daniel Radcliffe) has been crossed for the last time, and now he’s BEYOND RAGE™️. Bare witness as he hacks, slashes, and burns down his foes for 90 gut busting minutes!”
I was bored when I read the news article, so I searched for possible motives. The councilman’s colleague that called 911 said that “no amount of pain should drive somebody to violence”. There is a photo of the councilman on his social media with the attacker and his wife at a fair and he has reacted with a heart on photos of her with her dog on Facebook, a few days after the attacker and she (married since 2023) allegedly separated.
Seems like a case of infidelity.
Danville, VA is like pop 50K and the middle of nowhere, NC border town. a place outside the northern boundary of the Piedmont Atlantic megaregion… fastest growing region (by population) in the US.
Um, excuse me, I’ll have you know that they’re almost finished with a major casino in Danville. Kind of a big deal. A small confederate river city is going to be the Atlantic City to Northern VA’s NYC and Charlotte’s Philadelphia
I was sitting here thinking you meant Charlotte NC and was so perplexed
The exact geographic analogy isn’t important so much as lampooning what Danville city council thinks is going to happen by letting a giant chain casino take over your city.
I remember driving past Danville on the highway and seeing a sign for Dan Daniel Park. And it spurred me to be curious as to who this illustrious Dan was. Turns out it was some British guy (not named Dan) who was just wandering around naming shit Dan (did not explain why) and Dan Daniel is entirely unrelated
Whenever I drove past that sign on 29 I would always think about the damn daniel vine video.
Ghouls getting what they deserve!!! Be still my beating heart!
Between this and what happened to the BlackStone executive I’m having a personal catharsis
I do not think it’s a good idea to douse someone in gasoline, chase them down and set them on fire, personally
yeah there’s safer ways to do things
Use a backpack sprayer with kerosene, gets the distance you require and kerosene is only flammable instead of explosive like gasoline. Bonus points if you want to use some kind of surfactant to increase the stickiness, though that will probably wreck the entire set up after a few uses
yeah gotta keep up with the maintenance on your supervillain kit
It’s only a supervillain accessory when your target isn’t just doing a controlled burn during forest management or wildfire control. This set up plus a drip torch isn’t super uncommon, other than the surfactant. Plus I’m pretty sure anyone could outrun someone wearing it, but I also would have said that about chasing someone with a can of gas
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