National Guardsman Healing Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey attended a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil shared a message from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet Metro News.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the attack as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
