CHARLESTON – West Virginia officials are rallying support for the family of a state National Guard member still in critical condition following a shooting in Washington, D.C., last week and the family of his slain colleague.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Maj. Gen. James Seward, the adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard, held their first press conference in Charleston Monday afternoon since the shooting Wednesday that left Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in critical condition in a local hospital. Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died of wounds sustained in the shooting on Thanksgiving.

“My heart goes out to the family of the two individuals who (were) despicably gunned down in Washington, D.C.,” Morrisey said. “I think that the West Virginia people are strong and they know that everything is being

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