Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following 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 Washington DC.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, report "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all state residents and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet outlets.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, 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 suspected shooter, 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 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 deployed to the nation's capitol in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the incident, Trump said he wanted another 500 military personnel sent to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, including Afghanistan.