West Virginia guardsman shows signs of improvement after DC shooting, gov says

Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia and Maj. Gen. James Seward, adjutant basic of the West Virginia Nationwide Guard, supplied an replace Monday on their operations in Washington and on the situation of the critically injured guard, Workers Sgt. Andreas Wolfe.

Wolfe, of Inwood, West Virginia, and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, of Webster Springs, West Virginia, was shot Wednesday — Beckstrom fatally — allegedly by Afghan evacuee Rahmanullah Lakanwal of Bellingham, Washington, as they patrolled outdoors the Farragut West Metro station, not removed from the White Home.

Morrisey mentioned Wolfe has been upgraded to critical situation, a step down from the beforehand reported “vital” standing.

“I am not the physician, and I am not going to attempt to fake that I’m,” Morrisey mentioned of hypothesis about the way forward for Wolfe’s situation.

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West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey speaks at an occasion for Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears on November 1, 2025 in Abingdon, Virginia. (Allison Joyce/Getty Photographs)

Morrisey mentioned Wolfe’s situation seems to be enhancing and instructed reporters in Charleston that there had been “optimistic information” from family and friends on the hospital.

“Andrew was requested if he may hear the nurse who requested the query give a ‘thumbs up’ and he did reply,” the governor mentioned, calling the soldier’s mom, Melody, “such a optimistic drive” and that she and her husband, Jason’s foremost request to the general public, is to proceed to hope.

Morrisey mentioned he attended a vigil for Beckstrom in Webster County this weekend and traveled to the Jap Panhandle for a prayer service for Wolfe held in Martinsburg, simply 80 miles from Farragut Sq..

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Seward and Morrisey spent Thanksgiving Day with the Nationwide Guard on the Armory. A video from Morrisey’s social media feed indicated he met with personnel on the base in Washington, DC.

“Each one of many folks there volunteers,” he mentioned, confirming that 170 are nonetheless lively in Washington.

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Nationwide Guard members patrol Washington, November 27, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)

He referred to as the assault an “unspeakable evil” and mentioned West Virginia has not been requested to deploy extra troops past the rotations it has contributed up to now.

“They volunteer as a result of they imagine within the mission – they need to assist the state of West Virginia, they usually need to assist the nation.”

As for the way forward for the Guard’s operations within the Mountain State, Morrisey mentioned he has been in touch with President Donald Trump and Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi and can flip over their processes to them.

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Nevertheless, he emphasised that service within the Guard’s Washington mission is solely voluntary.

On the taking pictures itself, Morrisey condemned media pundits who’ve speculated and “wrongly wished to go to totally different locations.”

‘We’re not going to try this. That investigation is presently ongoing. A very powerful factor I can do [say is] the residents of West Virginia are proper to be indignant about what has occurred now,” he mentioned.

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Maj. Gen. James Seward, adjutant basic of the West Virginia Nationwide Guard (WVNG by way of DoD)

“Justice have to be completed on this case. Justice will probably be completed.”

Morrisey mentioned he helps Trump’s name for brand spanking new vetting proposals for “undocumented aliens” and to shut loopholes in refugee vetting.

Seward mentioned the Guard has about 6,000 troops statewide and members are shocked by Beckstrom’s killing and Wolfe’s accidents.

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“If we lose any of our members of the family, I can inform you that every one the guards I speak to are grieving,” he mentioned.