National Guardsman Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
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, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
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 colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, 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 candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil read 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 expressed, according to local news outlet outlets.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
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 US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Following the shooting, the former president said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also referenced the attack as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
