Air Force Staff Sergeant Recovering After 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, twenty-four, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's beginning to 'regain his familiar appearance,'" said the state's chief executive the governor.
The family anticipates the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel optimistic about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of a pair of West Virginia National Guard members shot when a shooter began shooting in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their thoughts and prayers!" Morrisey declared.
The governor attended a candlelight gathering on last Friday night for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in his hometown, where the guardsman was once a pupil.
A pastor at the vigil shared a message from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.
"We know that there is a long road to go," they expressed, as reported by regional media outlets.
"But our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."
Earlier in the week, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Law enforcement have formally accused the alleged gunman, an Afghan national named the suspect, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the United States in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a CIA-backed unit that operated alongside US forces in the South Asian nation.
The injured airman was one of 2,000 militia personnel whom the former president dispatched to the nation's capitol in August as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the incident, the former president said he desired an additional five hundred military personnel deployed to the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason for further restrictive policies.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from a list of nations that were part of a travel ban implemented over the summer, including the suspect's home country.
