Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After 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 family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire not far from the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil shared a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, according to regional media outlets.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom President Donald Trump deployed to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the incident, Trump said he desired an additional five hundred National Guard troops deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
