Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil shared a message from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.
"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred military personnel sent to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
