Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Being Shot in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in the US capital.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil shared a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, 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 globe."
Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan 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 CIA-backed unit that operated alongside American troops in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 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 shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a reason for additional restrictive policies.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, including the suspect's home country.
