National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was able to move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members 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 incident, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
