Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A servicemember of the Air National Guard is showing improvement 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 slowly healing and that he's starting to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in acute care for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a gunman began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" the governor said.
Morrisey was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A clergyman at the vigil read 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, as reported by regional media outlets.
"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was able to move his toes.
Law enforcement have charged the alleged gunman, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in Afghanistan.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump deployed to the Washington DC in August 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 deployed to the nation's capital.
The former presidential office has also cited the attack as a reason for additional immigration crackdown measures.
They have cancelled all citizenship ceremonies for foreign nationals from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the recent season, among them Afghanistan.
