Air Force Staff Sergeant Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.
The family of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, report "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in acute care for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman began shooting not far from the White House on November 26th. His colleague, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
A pastor at the vigil shared 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 wrote, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a paramilitary group that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of two thousand militia personnel whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
Following the incident, Trump said he desired another 500 military personnel deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a justification for additional restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
