West Virginia Governor Provides Hopeful Update About Surviving National Guard Member

Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced on Monday that West Virginia National Guard member Andrew Wolfe responded to a nurse’s request to give a thumbs up as he remained in serious condition.

Wolfe, who was shot on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., gave a thumbs up and wiggled his toes in response to a nurse, Morrisey said during a press conference. The guardsman, an Air Force staff sergeant with the National Guard, remained in serious condition following the attack that killed fellow West Virginia Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom.

“What I will say is that Andrew remains in serious condition,” Morrisey said. “We did have some positive news that wewere told that Andrew was asked if he could hear the nurse who asked the question to give a thumbs up, and he did respond.And we were told that he also wiggled his toes. So we take that as a positive sign.” 

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An Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is alleged to have shot Wolfe and Beckstrom, who later died from her gunshot wound on Thursday. U.S. District Attorney of Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that Lakanwal was charged with first-degree murder for the killing of Beckstrom.

Pirro stated