Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in Washington DC
A member of the Air National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The parents of the 24-year-old soldier, twenty-four, say "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey.
The soldier's relatives expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, according to the official's statement.
The serviceman was one of two state guardsmen shot 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.
"We continue to ask all West Virginians and Americans for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
Morrisey attended a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a student.
A clergyman at the event read a message from the guardsman's mother and father, his family.
"It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they wrote, as reported by local news outlet Metro News.
"However our faith keeps us optimistic. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Previously, the state official said Staff Sgt Wolfe had responded to a nurse with a thumbs-up and was capable of move his toes.
Police have charged the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.
Prior to his arrival to the US 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.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand National Guard members whom the former president dispatched to the Washington DC in August as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown 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 shooting as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including Afghanistan.
