Photo Courtesy/District of Columbia National Guard PAYING RESPECTS – Members of the D.C. National Guard line the street in Washington, D.C., as the body of Spc. Sarah Beckstrom is transported from MedStar Washington Hospital to the local medical examiner’s office.

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 Friday 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 m

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