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

Authorities say Danville Councilman Lee Vogler knew his attacker and the assault stemmed from a personal matter, not Vogler’s service on the city council.

A coworker of Vogler's said a man had forced his way into the Danville, Virginia, office with a five-gallon bucket of gasoline.