National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic 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 White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil 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 expressed, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was able to wiggle his feet.
Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel 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 cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.
