National Guardsman Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a vigil on last Friday night for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor 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 Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president deployed 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, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed 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 summer, including Afghanistan.
