Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Being Shot in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting 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 recent season, including the suspect's home country.
