Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media Metro News.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC 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 sent to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
