National Guardsman Healing Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in the US capital.
The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds.
"Our request remains for all state residents and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil read a statement 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.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the governor 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 Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder.
Before coming 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.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed 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, Trump said he wanted an additional five hundred National Guard troops sent to the nation's capital.
The Trump administration has also referenced the shooting 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 entry restriction implemented over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
