National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, say "his head wound is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The family anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter began shooting not far from the presidential residence on 26 November. His colleague, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey was present at a vigil on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by local news outlet outlets.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Previously, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was able to wiggle his feet.
Police have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the United States in 2021, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.
Following the shooting, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also referenced the shooting as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a travel ban announced over the recent season, including Afghanistan.
