The surviving National Guardsman shot by a gunman last week near the White House gave medical personnel a thumbs up when asked if he could hear them and also wiggled his toes in response, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey said on Monday.

The Afghan suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington may have been radicalized after entering the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said when questioned about his motive on Sunday talk shows.

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.

Authorities have identified the suspect in Wednesday’s ambush shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national who has been living in Washington state,

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, equated immigrants to “foreign invaders” as she called for an expanded travel ban. President Trump reposted her statement.

Police in the City of Washington are investigating a robbery and shooting at a food mart that sent one person to the hospital. Washington County dispatchers confirmed to KDKA that the robbery and shooting happened at the Washington Food Mart along West Chestnut Street just after 10 p.m. on Sunday night.

Roughly 2,200 troops are currently assigned to the operation in the city, according to the latest federal update. West Virginia deployed more than 300 Guard members in August, and about 170 volunteered to extend their service into the end of the year while the remainder returned home in mid-November.

Following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington - allegedly by an Afghan national- the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joe Edlow announced he has directed a "rigorous reexamination" of every green card for those coming from every country of concern.