National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire not far from the White House on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
A clergyman at the event shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the summer, among them Afghanistan.
