CHARLESTON – With one member of the West Virginia National Guard dead and another in critical condition following a shooting the day before Thanksgiving, Gov. Patrick Morrisey called for a moment of prayer for the surviving Guard member and the families of both.

Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito called for the maximum federal penalty for the suspected shooter, an Afghan national recently granted asylum in the U.S., which could mean the death penalty if convicted.

Morrisey issued an official proclamation Friday morning ordering all U.S. and West Virginia flags be lowered to half-staff through the end of the year in honor of Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of Summersville, who died Thursday from her gunshot wounds, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, of Martinsburg, who remains in critical

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