Overview

• Lee Vogler remains in stable but critical condition at the UNC Chapel Hill Burn Clinic with second- and third-degree burns covering more than half his body.
• He is scheduled for multiple surgeries and faces months—if not years—of rehabilitation in what his publisher describes as a long, painful recovery.
• A GoFundMe campaign for Vogler’s medical expenses has raised over $55,000 toward its $100,000 goal since launching on July 30.
• Twenty-nine-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding and is being held without bond.
• Danville officials condemned the violence and called for stronger safeguards for public figures after authorities confirmed the attack was personal in nature.