India, Dec. 2 -- Andrew Wolfe, a National Guard member hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in Washington, DC, is improving, West Virginia's governor said Monday, December 1, according to NBC News. Staff Sgt. Wolfe, 24, was critically wounded after Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal opened fire. The shooting killed West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20.

Wolfe has now shown signs of improvement, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said at a news conference. The West Virginia Air National Guard even responded to a nurse's request that he display thumbs-up.

"We were told that he also wiggled his toes," Morrisey said. "So we take that as a positive sign."

Morrisey on Monday described Wolfe, who is from Martinsburg,...